# Tahkaul Village, Gaunaha, Pashchim Champaran (Bihar)

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Village · Gaunaha, Pashchim Champaran 

# Tahkaul

Tahkaul is a village in Gaunaha sub-district of Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,318 people in 235 households**, the 60th largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 58.9%.

- 1,318people (2011)
- 235households
- 89.7%literacy
- 935females per 1,000 males

## Tahkaul PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatMatiaria
- Community development blockGaunaha
- Census village code216344

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

## How far is Tahkaul from nearby towns?

- Gaunaha (sub-district HQ)30 km by road
- Bettiah (district HQ)67 km by road
- Ramnagar (nearest town)15 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 Tahkaul?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Tahkaul; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Jamunia
- ○Degree college10+ km · Narkatiaganj
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bettiah
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watercovered wells, hand pumps and canal / river

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 Tahkaul known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 20% of the 207 hectares of village land is sown, and 16 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 Tahkaul

Of every 100 households in Tahkaul in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 68 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Tahkaul · ■ Gaunaha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**1%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****43%**

**42%

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

**0%

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

**99%

Use banking services ****63%**

**38%

Television ****18%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****68%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****3%**

**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 Tahkaul?

■ Tahkaul · ■ Gaunaha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.7%**

**58.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****935**

**922

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****815**

**959

Working population ****49.5%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.6% for men and 86.6% for women. 50% of men and 49% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 170 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 140 (21%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 13 (2%) · **■** Marginal 322 (49%)

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

- Parsa1,362 people
- Parsauni1,342 people
- Sirsia1,335 people
- Bakhri1,319 people
- Patkhauli1,246 people
- Harpur1,203 people
- Balua1,201 people
- Majharia1,188 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Tahkaul from Bettiah?67 km by road
- What is the population of Tahkaul?1,318 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tahkaul in?Pashchim Champaran district (Gaunaha sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Tahkaul?89.7% (Census 2011)