# Gamhariya Khurd Village, Adapur, Purba Champaran (Bihar)

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Village · Adapur, Purba Champaran 

# Gamhariya Khurd

Gamhariya Khurd is a village in Adapur sub-district of Purba Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **2,981 people in 560 households**, the 27th largest of 60 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 50.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 52.2%.

- 2,981people (2011)
- 560households
- 50.3%literacy
- 899females per 1,000 males

## Gamhariya Khurd PIN code and other codes

Gamhariya Khurd falls in Adapur sub-district, Purba Champaran district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatMurtiya
- Community development blockAdapur
- Census village code217559

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

## How far is Gamhariya Khurd from nearby towns?

- Adapur (sub-district HQ)3 km by road
- Motihari (district HQ)44 km by road
- Raxaul (nearest town)18 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 Gamhariya Khurd?

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

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Ramgarwa
- ○Degree college10+ km · Raxaul
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Motihari
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ 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 Gamhariya Khurd known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 96% of the 270 hectares of village land is sown, and 68 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 Gamhariya Khurd

Of every 100 households in Gamhariya Khurd in 2011, 21 had electricity, 26 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 67 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 16 a car.

■ Gamhariya Khurd · ■ Adapur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****21%**

**4%

Toilet within the home ****26%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****74%**

**87%

Tap water ****1%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****49%**

**29%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**97%

Use banking services ****36%**

**32%

Television ****12%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****67%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****16%**

**6%

None of these assets ****6%**

**20%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Gamhariya Khurd?

■ Gamhariya Khurd · ■ Adapur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****50.3%**

**52.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****899**

**886

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****825**

**951

Working population ****45.8%**

**38.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.1% for men and 35.3% for women. 57% of men and 33% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 52 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 361 (26%) · **■** Household industry 61 (4%) · **■** Other work 130 (10%) · **■** Marginal 762 (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 Adapur

- Inarwa3,303 people
- Belwa3,103 people
- Bagahi3,075 people
- Maghi3,001 people
- Bakhri2,903 people
- Katkenwa2,868 people
- Jamunbhar2,736 people
- Jhitkahia2,730 people

[All 60 villages in Adapur](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/purba-champaran/adapur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Gamhariya Khurd from Motihari?44 km by road
- What is the population of Gamhariya Khurd?2,981 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gamhariya Khurd in?Purba Champaran district (Adapur sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Gamhariya Khurd?50.3% (Census 2011)
