# Gamharia Village, Mainatanr, Pashchim Champaran (Bihar)

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Village · Mainatanr, Pashchim Champaran 

# Gamharia

Gamharia is a village in Mainatanr sub-district of Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **303 people in 36 households**, the 89th largest of 93 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 54.4%.

- 303people (2011)
- 36households
- 72.2%literacy
- 870females per 1,000 males

## Gamharia PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatChauhatta
- Community development blockMainatanr
- Census village code216496

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

## How far is Gamharia from nearby towns?

- Mainatanr (sub-district HQ)30 km by road
- Bettiah (district HQ)70 km by road
- Narkatiyaganj (nearest town)45 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 Gamharia?

5 services counted by the Census are inside Gamharia; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn 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 Gamharia known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 90% of the 76 hectares of village land is sown, and 40 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 Gamharia

Of every 100 households in Gamharia in 2011, 3 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Gamharia · ■ Mainatanr rural average

Electricity for lighting ****3%**

**1%

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

**9%

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

**90%

Tap water ****37%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****54%**

**42%

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

**1%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****6%**

**28%

Television ****14%**

**5%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****6%**

**2%

None of these assets ****40%**

**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 Gamharia?

■ Gamharia · ■ Mainatanr rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.2%**

**54.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****870**

**915

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1318**

**976

Working population ****74.3%**

**42.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.6% for men and 64.3% for women. 77% of men and 71% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 10 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 21 (9%) · **■** Marginal 194 (86%)

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

- Bharwalia573 people
- Pachrauta524 people
- Bairia512 people
- Kaulapur472 people
- Kewlapur225 people
- Manpur113 people
- Sitlapur2 people
- Pachgachhia1 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Gamharia from Bettiah?70 km by road
- What is the population of Gamharia?303 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gamharia in?Pashchim Champaran district (Mainatanr sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Gamharia?72.2% (Census 2011)