Village · Jogapatti, Pashchim Champaran
# Gaunaria

Gaunaria is a village in Jogapatti sub-district of Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted 648 people in 105 households, the 87th largest of 102 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 29.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 51.0%.
- 648 people (2011)
- 105 households
- 29.8% literacy
- 976 females per 1,000 males

## Gaunaria PIN code and other codes

Gaunaria falls in Jogapatti sub-district, Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar.
- Gram panchayat Donwar
- Community development block Jogapatti
- Census village code 217140

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

## How far is Gaunaria from nearby towns?
- Jogapatti (sub-district HQ) 14 km by road
- Bettiah (district HQ) 29 km by road
- Bettiah (nearest town) 29 km by road

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

## What facilities are there in Gaunaria?

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

### In the village
- ● Pre-primary school In village · 1 private
- ● Primary school In village · 1 govt
- ● Mobile phone coverage In village
- ● Pucca (black-topped) road In village
- ● All-weather road In village
- ● Agricultural credit society In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school 10+ km · Nawalpur
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Bettiah
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Bettiah
- ○ Primary health centre 5–10 km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km
- ○ Dispensary 5–10 km
- ○ Post office 10+ km
- ○ Public bus service 5–10 km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ ATM 10+ km
- ○ Commercial bank 5–10 km
- ○ Ration (PDS) shop 5–10 km
- ○ Mandi / regular market 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 Gaunaria known for?

The main crops are paddy. About 86% of the 115 hectares of village land is sown, and 42 hectares are irrigated.

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

## Homes and amenities in Gaunaria

Of every 100 households in Gaunaria in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 58 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Gaunaria · ■ Jogapatti rural average
- Electricity for lighting 0% 1%
- Toilet within the home 0% 9%
- No toilet (open defecation) 100% 90%
- Tap water 0% 2%
- Drinking water within premises 20% 48%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 98%
- Use banking services 16% 36%
- Television 0% 5%
- Mobile phone 58% 57%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 1% 5%
- Car / jeep / van 2% 1%
- None of these assets 15% 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 Gaunaria?

■ Gaunaria · ■ Jogapatti rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 29.8% 51.0%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 976 900
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1365 957
- Working population 24.4% 34.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 43.3% for men and 14.2% for women. 48% of men and 0% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Marginal 158 (100%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Jogapatti
- Gobinapur 721 people
- Balua Murat Ray 699 people
- Hariharpur 699 people
- Sikta Khurd 683 people
- Nankar 643 people
- Bhatwalia 616 people
- Balua Dew Ray 600 people
- Lachhnauta 519 people

All 105 villages in Jogapatti

## Quick answers
- How far is Gaunaria from Bettiah? 29 km by road
- What is the population of Gaunaria? 648 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gaunaria in? Pashchim Champaran district (Jogapatti sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Gaunaria? 29.8% (Census 2011)

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