# Jigna Village, Mainatanr, Pashchim Champaran (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Mainatanr, Pashchim Champaran 

# Jigna

Jigna is a village in Mainatanr sub-district of Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,401 people in 290 households**, the 56th largest of 93 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 54.4%.

- 1,401people (2011)
- 290households
- 56.8%literacy
- 951females per 1,000 males

## Jigna PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatRampur
- Community development blockMainatanr
- Census village code216500

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

## How far is Jigna from nearby towns?

- Mainatanr (sub-district HQ)26 km by road
- Bettiah (district HQ)68 km by road
- Narkatiyaganj (nearest town)42 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 Jigna?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Jigna; 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
- ●Community centreIn 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
- ○Dispensary10+ 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 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 Jigna known for?

The main crops are **wheat, paddy and sugar cane**. About 47% of the 153 hectares of village land is sown, and 50 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 Jigna

Of every 100 households in Jigna in 2011, 0 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 58 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Jigna · ■ Mainatanr rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**1%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**90%

Tap water ****2%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****55%**

**42%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**98%

Use banking services ****28%**

**28%

Television ****11%**

**5%

Mobile phone ****58%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****17%**

**23%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Jigna?

■ Jigna · ■ Mainatanr rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.8%**

**54.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****951**

**915

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1106**

**976

Working population ****47.1%**

**42.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.9% for men and 44.7% for women. 56% of men and 38% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 4 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 284 (43%) · **■** Other work 4 (1%) · **■** Marginal 368 (56%)

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

- Ramnagri1,531 people
- Majharia1,517 people
- Baudh Barwa1,444 people
- Chiutaha1,438 people
- Piparpanti1,371 people
- Nagardahi1,367 people
- Dhokraha1,342 people
- Pachrukha1,282 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Jigna from Bettiah?68 km by road
- What is the population of Jigna?1,401 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jigna in?Pashchim Champaran district (Mainatanr sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Jigna?56.8% (Census 2011)