Village · Jogapatti, Pashchim Champaran
# Darwalia

Darwalia is a village in Jogapatti sub-district of Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted 2,537 people in 452 households, the 31st largest of 102 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 47.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 51.0%.
- 2,537 people (2011)
- 452 households
- 47.6% literacy
- 937 females per 1,000 males

## Darwalia PIN code and other codes

Darwalia falls in Jogapatti sub-district, Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar.
- Gram panchayat Hathia
- Community development block Jogapatti
- Census village code 217052

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## How far is Darwalia from nearby towns?
- Jogapatti (sub-district HQ) 22 km by road
- Bettiah (district HQ) 21 km by road
- Bettiah (nearest town) 25 km by road

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## What facilities are there in Darwalia?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Darwalia; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Primary school In village · 1 govt
- ● Middle school In village · 1 govt
- ● All-weather road In village
- ● Ration (PDS) shop In village
- ● Mandi / regular market In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village
- ● Polling station In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school 10+ km · Bettiah
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Bettiah
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Bettiah
- ○ Primary health centre 5–10 km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km
- ○ Dispensary 10+ km
- ○ Post office under 5 km
- ○ Public bus service 10+ km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ ATM 10+ km
- ○ Commercial bank 5–10 km
- ○ Public library 10+ km

### Water and power
- Drinking water hand pumps

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Darwalia known for?

The main crops are paddy. About 77% of the 136 hectares of village land is sown, and 80 hectares are irrigated.

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## Homes and amenities in Darwalia

Of every 100 households in Darwalia in 2011, 0 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Darwalia · ■ Jogapatti rural average
- Electricity for lighting 0% 1%
- Toilet within the home 10% 9%
- No toilet (open defecation) 90% 90%
- Tap water 0% 2%
- Drinking water within premises 56% 48%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 98%
- Use banking services 58% 36%
- Television 6% 5%
- Mobile phone 54% 57%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 6% 5%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 9% 16%
- Own their home 100% 99%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Darwalia?

■ Darwalia · ■ Jogapatti rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 47.6% 51.0%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 937 900
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 975 957
- Working population 34.5% 34.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 56.1% for men and 38.4% for women. 49% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 24 (3%) · ■ Farm labourers 424 (48%) · ■ Household industry 3 (0%) · ■ Other work 21 (2%) · ■ Marginal 404 (46%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Jogapatti
- Laukaria Jogapatti 2,700 people
- Siswania 2,614 people
- Piparpanti 2,563 people
- Basopatti 2,549 people
- Barwa 2,452 people
- Rampur Baheliya 2,347 people
- Nauganwa 2,300 people
- Sirsia 2,296 people

All 105 villages in Jogapatti

## Quick answers
- How far is Darwalia from Bettiah? 21 km by road
- What is the population of Darwalia? 2,537 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Darwalia in? Pashchim Champaran district (Jogapatti sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Darwalia? 47.6% (Census 2011)

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