# Dharhwa Village, Jogapatti, Pashchim Champaran (Bihar)

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Village · Jogapatti, Pashchim Champaran 

# Dharhwa

Dharhwa is a village in Jogapatti sub-district of Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **8,433 people in 1,691 households**, the 5th largest of 102 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 48.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 51.0%.

- 8,433people (2011)
- 1,691households
- 48.4%literacy
- 907females per 1,000 males

## Dharhwa PIN code and other codes

Dharhwa falls in Jogapatti sub-district, Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatDharhwa
- Community development blockJogapatti
- Census village code217113

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

## How far is Dharhwa from nearby towns?

- Jogapatti (sub-district HQ)13 km by road
- Bettiah (district HQ)26 km by road
- Bettiah (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 Dharhwa?

11 services counted by the Census are inside Dharhwa; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 3 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Nawalpur
- ○Degree college10+ km · Bettiah
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bettiah
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes 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 Dharhwa known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 49% of the 1,412 hectares of village land is sown, and 73 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 Dharhwa

Of every 100 households in Dharhwa in 2011, 2 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dharhwa · ■ Jogapatti rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**1%

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

**9%

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

**90%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****30%**

**48%

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

**2%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****17%**

**36%

Television ****3%**

**5%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**16%

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 Dharhwa?

■ Dharhwa · ■ Jogapatti rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****48.4%**

**51.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****907**

**900

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1011**

**957

Working population ****36.4%**

**34.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 56.7% for men and 38.9% for women. 46% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 334 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 1,042 (34%) · **■** Household industry 30 (1%) · **■** Other work 47 (2%) · **■** Marginal 1,620 (53%)

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 Jogapatti

- Bagahi11,051 people
- Pipra Naurangia10,291 people
- Nawalpur10,161 people
- Dumri9,043 people
- Machhar Ganw6,640 people
- Bhawanipur6,276 people
- Bhawanipur6,208 people
- Chaumukha6,069 people

[All 105 villages in Jogapatti](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/pashchim-champaran/jogapatti/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Dharhwa from Bettiah?26 km by road
- What is the population of Dharhwa?8,433 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dharhwa in?Pashchim Champaran district (Jogapatti sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Dharhwa?48.4% (Census 2011)
