# Dhokraha Village, Mainatanr, Pashchim Champaran (Bihar)

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Village · Mainatanr, Pashchim Champaran 

# Dhokraha

Dhokraha is a village in Mainatanr sub-district of Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,342 people in 273 households**, the 59th largest of 93 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 43.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 54.4%.

- 1,342people (2011)
- 273households
- 43.6%literacy
- 912females per 1,000 males

## Dhokraha PIN code and other codes

Dhokraha falls in Mainatanr sub-district, Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatChauhatta
- Community development blockMainatanr
- Census village code216504

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

## How far is Dhokraha from nearby towns?

- Mainatanr (sub-district HQ)30 km by road
- Bettiah (district HQ)70 km by road
- Narkatiyaganj (nearest town)31 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 Dhokraha?

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

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Betia
- ○Degree college10+ km · Bettiah
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bettiah
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ 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 Dhokraha known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 96% of the 148 hectares of village land is sown, and 95 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 Dhokraha

Of every 100 households in Dhokraha in 2011, 2 had electricity, 36 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dhokraha · ■ Mainatanr rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**1%

Toilet within the home ****36%**

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****64%**

**90%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****72%**

**42%

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

**1%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****4%**

**28%

Television ****9%**

**5%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**6%

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

**2%

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

**23%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Dhokraha?

■ Dhokraha · ■ Mainatanr rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****43.6%**

**54.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****912**

**915

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****943**

**976

Working population ****58.0%**

**42.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 50.1% for men and 36.5% for women. 59% of men and 56% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 149 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 221 (28%) · **■** Household industry 112 (14%) · **■** Other work 74 (10%) · **■** Marginal 222 (29%)

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 Mainatanr

- Chiutaha1,438 people
- Jigna1,401 people
- Piparpanti1,371 people
- Nagardahi1,367 people
- Pachrukha1,282 people
- Sihnaula1,262 people
- Laukar1,225 people
- Belwania1,221 people

[All 97 villages in Mainatanr](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/pashchim-champaran/mainatanr/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Dhokraha from Bettiah?70 km by road
- What is the population of Dhokraha?1,342 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhokraha in?Pashchim Champaran district (Mainatanr sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Dhokraha?43.6% (Census 2011)