# Gawnaha Village, Lauriya, Pashchim Champaran (Bihar)

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Village · Lauriya, Pashchim Champaran 

# Gawnaha

Gawnaha is a village in Lauriya sub-district of Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,802 people in 298 households**, the 48th largest of 93 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 60.1%.

- 1,802people (2011)
- 298households
- 59.5%literacy
- 899females per 1,000 males

## Gawnaha PIN code and other codes

Gawnaha falls in Lauriya sub-district, Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatBaghi Basawariya
- Community development blockLauriya
- Census village code216750

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

## How far is Gawnaha from nearby towns?

- Lauriya (sub-district HQ)10 km by road
- Bettiah (district HQ)36 km by road
- Narkatiyaganj (nearest town)12 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 Gawnaha?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Gawnaha; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn 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 · Lauria
- ○Degree college10+ km · Bettiah
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bettiah
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps

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 Gawnaha known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 86% of the 125 hectares of village land is sown, and 90 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 Gawnaha

Of every 100 households in Gawnaha in 2011, 24 had electricity, 33 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 67 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Gawnaha · ■ Lauriya rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**7%

Toilet within the home ****33%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****67%**

**80%

Tap water ****15%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****42%**

**55%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**95%

Use banking services ****43%**

**38%

Television ****15%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****67%**

**52%

Computer with internet ****6%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**2%

None of these assets ****11%**

**25%

Own their home ****90%**

**98%

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 Gawnaha?

■ Gawnaha · ■ Lauriya rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.5%**

**60.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****899**

**912

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****951**

**966

Working population ****30.9%**

**33.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.5% for men and 54.9% for women. 45% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 55 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 50 (9%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 10 (2%) · **■** Marginal 436 (78%)

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 Lauriya

- Lakar1,998 people
- Lachhmipur urf Baritola1,988 people
- Maulanagar1,957 people
- Parsa1,826 people
- Barbiro1,776 people
- Langri1,731 people
- Dharampur1,688 people
- Jawahirpur1,674 people

[All 96 villages in Lauriya](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/pashchim-champaran/lauriya/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Gawnaha from Bettiah?36 km by road
- What is the population of Gawnaha?1,802 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gawnaha in?Pashchim Champaran district (Lauriya sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Gawnaha?59.5% (Census 2011)