# Laukar Village, Mainatanr, Pashchim Champaran (Bihar)

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Village · Mainatanr, Pashchim Champaran 

# Laukar

Laukar is a village in Mainatanr sub-district of Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,225 people in 251 households**, the 62nd largest of 93 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 41.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 54.4%.

- 1,225people (2011)
- 251households
- 41.4%literacy
- 896females per 1,000 males

## Laukar PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatChauhatta
- Community development blockMainatanr
- Census village code216492

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

## How far is Laukar from nearby towns?

- Mainatanr (sub-district HQ)30 km by road
- Bettiah (district HQ)70 km by road
- Narkatiyaganj (nearest town)28 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 Laukar?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Laukar; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn 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 centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 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 Laukar known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 100% of the 241 hectares of village land is sown, and 150 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 Laukar

Of every 100 households in Laukar in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 7 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Laukar · ■ Mainatanr rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**1%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**90%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****44%**

**42%

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

**1%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****6%**

**28%

Television ****2%**

**5%

Mobile phone ****7%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**6%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****50%**

**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 Laukar?

■ Laukar · ■ Mainatanr rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****41.4%**

**54.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****896**

**915

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****906**

**976

Working population ****52.4%**

**42.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 48.4% for men and 33.5% for women. 49% of men and 56% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 4 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 400 (62%) · **■** Other work 5 (1%) · **■** Marginal 233 (36%)

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

- Nagardahi1,367 people
- Dhokraha1,342 people
- Pachrukha1,282 people
- Sihnaula1,262 people
- Belwania1,221 people
- Sirhwa1,198 people
- Babhnauli1,186 people
- Bahuarwa1,110 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Laukar from Bettiah?70 km by road
- What is the population of Laukar?1,225 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Laukar in?Pashchim Champaran district (Mainatanr sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Laukar?41.4% (Census 2011)