# Gurha Village, Areraj, Purba Champaran (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Areraj, Purba Champaran 

# Gurha

Gurha is a village in Areraj sub-district of Purba Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **741 people in 140 households**, the 40th largest of 42 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 50.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 63.1%.

- 741people (2011)
- 140households
- 50.2%literacy
- 945females per 1,000 males

## Gurha PIN code and other codes

Gurha falls in Areraj sub-district, Purba Champaran district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatPipra
- Community development blockAreraj
- Census village code218167

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

## How far is Gurha from nearby towns?

- Areraj (sub-district HQ)14 km by road
- Motihari (district HQ)44 km by road
- Areraj (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 Gurha?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●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
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Areraj
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Areraj
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Motihari
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)1 h summer · 3 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 Gurha known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 73% of the 70 hectares of village land is sown, and 18 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 Gurha

Of every 100 households in Gurha in 2011, 0 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Gurha · ■ Areraj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**9%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**76%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****43%**

**60%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**94%

Use banking services ****35%**

**55%

Television ****13%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**70%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**3%

None of these assets ****30%**

**10%

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 Gurha?

■ Gurha · ■ Areraj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****50.2%**

**63.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****945**

**888

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****773**

**936

Working population ****44.3%**

**31.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 59.5% for men and 40.7% for women. 56% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 58 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 65 (20%) · **■** Other work 18 (5%) · **■** Marginal 187 (57%)

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 Areraj

- Tikuliya1,027 people
- Bathna1,007 people
- Horil Chhapra777 people
- Parsa745 people
- Misrauliya501 people
- Piprahiya292 people

[All 46 villages in Areraj](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/purba-champaran/areraj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Gurha from Motihari?44 km by road
- What is the population of Gurha?741 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gurha in?Purba Champaran district (Areraj sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Gurha?50.2% (Census 2011)