# Lakar Village, Lauriya, Pashchim Champaran (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Lauriya, Pashchim Champaran 

# Lakar

Lakar is a village in Lauriya sub-district of Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,998 people in 364 households**, the 44th largest of 93 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 54.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 60.1%.

- 1,998people (2011)
- 364households
- 54.3%literacy
- 930females per 1,000 males

## Lakar PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatLakad Sisai
- Community development blockLauriya
- Census village code216756

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

## How far is Lakar from nearby towns?

- Lauriya (sub-district HQ)8 km by road
- Bettiah (district HQ)34 km by road
- Narkatiyaganj (nearest town)13 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 Lakar?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn 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 · Narkatiagankj
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bettiah
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps 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 Lakar known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 90% of the 140 hectares of village land is sown, and 38 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 Lakar

Of every 100 households in Lakar in 2011, 0 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Lakar · ■ Lauriya rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**7%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**80%

Tap water ****1%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****45%**

**55%

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

**4%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****38%**

**38%

Television ****0%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**52%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**2%

None of these assets ****28%**

**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 Lakar?

■ Lakar · ■ Lauriya rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****54.3%**

**60.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****930**

**912

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1103**

**966

Working population ****42.5%**

**33.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.7% for men and 39.4% for women. 51% of men and 33% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 36 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 9 (1%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 27 (3%) · **■** Marginal 777 (91%)

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

- Pakri2,183 people
- Bankatwa2,124 people
- Jamunia2,116 people
- Lipni2,004 people
- Lachhmipur urf Baritola1,988 people
- Maulanagar1,957 people
- Parsa1,826 people
- Gawnaha1,802 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Lakar from Bettiah?34 km by road
- What is the population of Lakar?1,998 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Lakar in?Pashchim Champaran district (Lauriya sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Lakar?54.3% (Census 2011)