# Jhanjhri Village, Mainatanr, Pashchim Champaran (Bihar)

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Village · Mainatanr, Pashchim Champaran 

# Jhanjhri

Jhanjhri is a village in Mainatanr sub-district of Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar, PIN code **845406**. The 2011 Census counted **3,502 people in 584 households**, the 16th largest of 93 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 54.4%.

- 3,502people (2011)
- 584households
- 52.8%literacy
- 845406PIN code

## Jhanjhri PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Jhanjhri is 845406.** Jhanjhri falls in Mainatanr sub-district, Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar.

- PIN code845406
- Gram panchayatPirari
- Community development blockMainatanr
- Census village code216527

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

## How far is Jhanjhri from nearby towns?

- Mainatanr (sub-district HQ)12 km by road
- Bettiah (district HQ)45 km by road
- Narkatiyaganj (nearest town)27 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 Jhanjhri?

14 services counted by the Census are inside Jhanjhri; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Narkatiaganj
- ○Degree college10+ km · Narkatiaganj
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bettiah
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watercovered wells and hand 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 Jhanjhri known for?

The main crops are **paddy, wheat and masur**. About 81% of the 467 hectares of village land is sown, and 315 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 Jhanjhri

Of every 100 households in Jhanjhri in 2011, 0 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Jhanjhri · ■ Mainatanr rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**1%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**90%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****39%**

**42%

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

**1%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****28%**

**28%

Television ****3%**

**5%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****23%**

**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 Jhanjhri?

■ Jhanjhri · ■ Mainatanr rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****52.8%**

**54.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****940**

**915

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****998**

**976

Working population ****46.7%**

**42.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.6% for men and 41.0% for women. 47% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 35 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 137 (8%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 22 (1%) · **■** Marginal 1,439 (88%)

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

- Khamhia3,707 people
- Barwa3,690 people
- Basantpur3,662 people
- Bherihari3,506 people
- Mahuawa3,491 people
- Ghorpakri3,414 people
- Rampurwa3,331 people
- Parsa3,328 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Jhanjhri?845406
- How far is Jhanjhri from Bettiah?45 km by road
- What is the population of Jhanjhri?3,502 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jhanjhri in?Pashchim Champaran district (Mainatanr sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Jhanjhri?52.8% (Census 2011)
