# Thakurtola Village, Lauriya, Pashchim Champaran (Bihar)

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Village · Lauriya, Pashchim Champaran 

# Thakurtola

Thakurtola is a village in Lauriya sub-district of Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,267 people in 237 households**, the 70th largest of 93 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 60.1%.

- 1,267people (2011)
- 237households
- 78.9%literacy
- 883females per 1,000 males

## Thakurtola PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatBasawariya Parautola
- Community development blockLauriya
- Census village code216774

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

## How far is Thakurtola from nearby towns?

- Lauriya (sub-district HQ)1 km by road
- Bettiah (district HQ)25 km by road
- Narkatiyaganj (nearest town)24 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 Thakurtola?

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

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Lauria
- ○Degree college10+ km · Bettiah
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bettiah
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)1 h summer · 1 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 Thakurtola known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 90% of the 119 hectares of village land is sown, and 79 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 Thakurtola

Of every 100 households in Thakurtola in 2011, 30 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Thakurtola · ■ Lauriya rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**7%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**80%

Tap water ****2%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****46%**

**55%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**95%

Use banking services ****30%**

**38%

Television ****7%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**52%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**7%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****42%**

**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 Thakurtola?

■ Thakurtola · ■ Lauriya rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.9%**

**60.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****883**

**912

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****773**

**966

Working population ****31.8%**

**33.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.7% for men and 71.4% for women. 42% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 105 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 65 (16%) · **■** Other work 13 (3%) · **■** Marginal 220 (55%)

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

- Lachhnauta1,339 people
- Pandari1,331 people
- Belwa1,275 people
- Bherihawa1,275 people
- Sahuatanr1,177 people
- Serukahia1,165 people
- Dharwa1,127 people
- Parsaunadih1,124 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Thakurtola from Bettiah?25 km by road
- What is the population of Thakurtola?1,267 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Thakurtola in?Pashchim Champaran district (Lauriya sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Thakurtola?78.9% (Census 2011)