# Maguraha Village, Gaunaha, Pashchim Champaran (Bihar)

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Village · Gaunaha, Pashchim Champaran 

# Maguraha

Maguraha is a village in Gaunaha sub-district of Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **2,820 people in 558 households**, the 13th largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 58.9%.

- 2,820people (2011)
- 558households
- 52.6%literacy
- 953females per 1,000 males

## Maguraha PIN code and other codes

Maguraha falls in Gaunaha sub-district, Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatGawnaha
- Community development blockGaunaha
- Census village code216379

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Maguraha from nearby towns?

- Gaunaha (sub-district HQ)28 km by road
- Bettiah (district HQ)70 km by road
- Narkatiyaganj (nearest town)26 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Maguraha?

5 services counted by the Census are inside Maguraha; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Jamunia
- ○Degree college10+ km · Narkatiaganj
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bettiah
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Maguraha known for?

About 84% of the 361 hectares of village land is sown.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Maguraha

Of every 100 households in Maguraha in 2011, 0 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 15 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Maguraha · ■ Gaunaha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**1%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****36%**

**42%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**99%

Use banking services ****39%**

**38%

Television ****5%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****15%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****50%**

**24%

Own their home ****98%**

**99%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Maguraha?

■ Maguraha · ■ Gaunaha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****52.6%**

**58.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****953**

**922

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****985**

**959

Working population ****43.4%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.6% for men and 39.9% for women. 50% of men and 37% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 16 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 246 (20%) · **■** Household industry 13 (1%) · **■** Other work 116 (9%) · **■** Marginal 832 (68%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Gaunaha

- Pipra3,081 people
- Sithi3,049 people
- Dumra2,995 people
- Jamunia2,915 people
- Parsa2,798 people
- Mehnaul Kalan2,739 people
- Pipra2,713 people
- Genharia2,607 people

[All 168 villages in Gaunaha](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/pashchim-champaran/gaunaha/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Maguraha from Bettiah?70 km by road
- What is the population of Maguraha?2,820 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maguraha in?Pashchim Champaran district (Gaunaha sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Maguraha?52.6% (Census 2011)