# Patukahia Village, Sikta, Pashchim Champaran (Bihar)

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Village · Sikta, Pashchim Champaran 

# Patukahia

Patukahia is a village in Sikta sub-district of Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar, PIN code **845307**. The 2011 Census counted **1,678 people in 351 households**, the 40th largest of 60 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 53.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 54.8%.

- 1,678people (2011)
- 351households
- 53.7%literacy
- 845307PIN code

## Patukahia PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Patukahia is 845307.** Patukahia falls in Sikta sub-district, Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar.

- PIN code845307
- Gram panchayatPatukahia
- Community development blockSikta
- Census village code217233

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

## How far is Patukahia from nearby towns?

- Sikta (sub-district HQ)12 km by road
- Bettiah (district HQ)28 km by road
- Bettiah (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 Patukahia?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Patukahia; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Bettiah
- ○Degree college10+ km · Bettiah
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bettiah
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes 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 Patukahia known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 77% of the 177 hectares of village land is sown, and 61 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 Patukahia

Of every 100 households in Patukahia in 2011, 0 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Patukahia · ■ Sikta rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**1%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**87%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****32%**

**40%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****50%**

**29%

Television ****1%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**52%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**26%

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 Patukahia?

■ Patukahia · ■ Sikta rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****53.7%**

**54.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****911**

**898

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****916**

**951

Working population ****42.0%**

**37.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.5% for men and 37.5% for women. 51% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 34 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 536 (76%) · **■** Household industry 9 (1%) · **■** Other work 113 (16%) · **■** Marginal 13 (2%)

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 Sikta

- Bheriharwa2,025 people
- Nonia Tola1,831 people
- Basantpur1,700 people
- Mainpur1,698 people
- Behri Bankatwa1,622 people
- Pasrampur1,620 people
- Majharia1,535 people
- Patkhaulia1,497 people

[All 61 villages in Sikta](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/pashchim-champaran/sikta/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Patukahia?845307
- How far is Patukahia from Bettiah?28 km by road
- What is the population of Patukahia?1,678 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Patukahia in?Pashchim Champaran district (Sikta sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Patukahia?53.7% (Census 2011)