# Dhokraha Village, Ramnagar, Pashchim Champaran (Bihar)

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Village · Ramnagar, Pashchim Champaran 

# Dhokraha

Dhokraha is a village in Ramnagar sub-district of Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar, PIN code **845103**. The 2011 Census counted **3,329 people in 611 households**, the 13th largest of 125 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 52.7%.

- 3,329people (2011)
- 611households
- 62.2%literacy
- 845103PIN code

## Dhokraha PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Dhokraha is 845103.** Dhokraha falls in Ramnagar sub-district, Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar.

- PIN code845103
- Gram panchayatDhokraha
- Community development blockRamnagar
- Census village code216280

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?

- Ramnagar (sub-district HQ)30 km by road
- Bettiah (district HQ)40 km by road
- Narkatiyaganj (nearest town)14 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?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●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
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Ramnagar
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Ramnagar
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bettiah
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)6 h summer · 8 h winter

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 78% of the 197 hectares of village land is sown, and 74 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, 22 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 58 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dhokraha · ■ Ramnagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****22%**

**6%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**88%

Tap water ****1%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****68%**

**54%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****39%**

**40%

Television ****12%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****58%**

**41%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**28%

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 · ■ Ramnagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.2%**

**52.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****967**

**929

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1019**

**981

Working population ****37.0%**

**41.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.9% for men and 48.9% for women. 50% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 212 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 517 (42%) · **■** Household industry 22 (2%) · **■** Other work 90 (7%) · **■** Marginal 391 (32%)

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 Ramnagar

- Meghwal4,251 people
- Bakri Pachrukhiya4,162 people
- Sigri3,354 people
- Sonkhar3,330 people
- Phulwariya3,291 people
- Parsauni3,113 people
- Bankatwa3,110 people
- Khatauri3,061 people

[All 152 villages in Ramnagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/pashchim-champaran/ramnagar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Dhokraha?845103
- How far is Dhokraha from Bettiah?40 km by road
- What is the population of Dhokraha?3,329 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhokraha in?Pashchim Champaran district (Ramnagar sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Dhokraha?62.2% (Census 2011)
