# Gobraura Village, Lauriya, Pashchim Champaran (Bihar)

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Village · Lauriya, Pashchim Champaran 

# Gobraura

Gobraura is a village in Lauriya sub-district of Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar, PIN code **845453**. The 2011 Census counted **5,492 people in 1,008 households**, the 8th largest of 93 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 53.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 60.1%.

- 5,492people (2011)
- 1,008households
- 53.5%literacy
- 845453PIN code

## Gobraura PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Gobraura is 845453.** Gobraura falls in Lauriya sub-district, Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar.

- PIN code845453
- Gram panchayatGobaraura
- Community development blockLauriya
- Census village code216797

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

## How far is Gobraura from nearby towns?

- Lauriya (sub-district HQ)8 km by road
- Bettiah (district HQ)34 km by road
- Narkatiyaganj (nearest town)20 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 Gobraura?

20 services counted by the Census are inside Gobraura; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 4 doctors
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 4 doctors
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●TB clinicIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Commercial bankIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Lauria
- ○Degree college10+ km · Bettiah
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bettiah
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)1 h summer · 8 h winter

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 Gobraura known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 91% of the 586 hectares of village land is sown, and 180 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 Gobraura

Of every 100 households in Gobraura in 2011, 8 had electricity, 25 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 51 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Gobraura · ■ Lauriya rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**7%

Toilet within the home ****25%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****75%**

**80%

Tap water ****1%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****50%**

**55%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**95%

Use banking services ****37%**

**38%

Television ****17%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****51%**

**52%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****26%**

**25%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Gobraura?

■ Gobraura · ■ Lauriya rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****53.5%**

**60.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****862**

**912

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****821**

**966

Working population ****35.7%**

**33.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.5% for men and 42.0% for women. 50% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 239 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 914 (47%) · **■** Household industry 27 (1%) · **■** Other work 140 (7%) · **■** Marginal 641 (33%)

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

- Baswaria6,637 people
- Dhobini6,002 people
- Mathia5,979 people
- Sathi5,694 people
- Basantpur4,883 people
- Raybarwa4,858 people
- Suarchhap4,542 people
- Gondauli4,497 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Gobraura?845453
- How far is Gobraura from Bettiah?34 km by road
- What is the population of Gobraura?5,492 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gobraura in?Pashchim Champaran district (Lauriya sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Gobraura?53.5% (Census 2011)
