# Marjadi Village, Gaunaha, Pashchim Champaran (Bihar) (2)

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Village · Gaunaha, Pashchim Champaran 

# Marjadi

Marjadi is a village in Gaunaha sub-district of Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **391 people in 84 households**, the 139th largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 45.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 58.9%.

- 391people (2011)
- 84households
- 45.7%literacy
- 1,026females per 1,000 males

## Marjadi PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatGawnaha
- Community development blockGaunaha
- Census village code216390

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

## How far is Marjadi from nearby towns?

- Gaunaha (sub-district HQ)16 km by road
- Bettiah (district HQ)55 km by road
- Narkatiyaganj (nearest town)16 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 Marjadi?

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

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Nerkatiaganj
- ○Degree college10+ km · Nerkatiaganj
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bettiah
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes

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 Marjadi known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 74% of the 96 hectares of village land is sown, and 20 hectares are irrigated.

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

## Homes and amenities in Marjadi

Of every 100 households in Marjadi in 2011, 0 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 51 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Marjadi · ■ Gaunaha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**1%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****76%**

**42%

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

**0%

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

**99%

Use banking services ****12%**

**38%

Television ****8%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****51%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****29%**

**24%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Marjadi?

■ Marjadi · ■ Gaunaha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****45.7%**

**58.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1026**

**922

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1105**

**959

Working population ****47.6%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 52.3% for men and 39.1% for women. 50% of men and 45% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 29 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 38 (20%) · **■** Other work 3 (2%) · **■** Marginal 116 (62%)

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

- Balua453 people
- Gujra Motihari423 people
- Bahuarwa407 people
- Dih Jagarnathpur397 people
- Gheghaulia387 people
- Supaul387 people
- Bhatni377 people
- Asurari355 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Marjadi from Bettiah?55 km by road
- What is the population of Marjadi?391 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Marjadi in?Pashchim Champaran district (Gaunaha sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Marjadi?45.7% (Census 2011)