# Jhakhra Village, Areraj, Purba Champaran (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Areraj, Purba Champaran 

# Jhakhra

Jhakhra is a village in Areraj sub-district of Purba Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **2,406 people in 379 households**, the 20th largest of 42 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.1%.

- 2,406people (2011)
- 379households
- 70.3%literacy
- 880females per 1,000 males

## Jhakhra PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatMunra
- Community development blockAreraj
- Census village code218164

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

## How far is Jhakhra from nearby towns?

- Areraj (sub-district HQ)3 km by road
- Motihari (district HQ)33 km by road
- Areraj (nearest town)3 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 Jhakhra?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Jhakhra; 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 · 2 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Areraj
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Areraj
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Motihari
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

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

The main crops are **paddy**. About 91% of the 174 hectares of village land is sown, and 90 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 Jhakhra

Of every 100 households in Jhakhra in 2011, 5 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 9 cooked with LPG; 79 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Jhakhra · ■ Areraj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****5%**

**9%

Toilet within the home ****17%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****83%**

**76%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****66%**

**60%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****9%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****83%**

**94%

Use banking services ****73%**

**55%

Television ****9%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****79%**

**70%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**3%

None of these assets ****15%**

**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 Jhakhra?

■ Jhakhra · ■ Areraj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.3%**

**63.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****880**

**888

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****911**

**936

Working population ****27.1%**

**31.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.2% for men and 57.9% for women. 45% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 211 (32%) · **■** Farm labourers 114 (18%) · **■** Household industry 9 (1%) · **■** Other work 29 (4%) · **■** Marginal 288 (44%)

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

- Babhnauli3,195 people
- Jitwarpur3,191 people
- Khajuriya2,594 people
- Misrauliya2,475 people
- Damodarpur2,260 people
- Lauriya2,041 people
- Kauwaha2,008 people
- Purandarpur1,912 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Jhakhra from Motihari?33 km by road
- What is the population of Jhakhra?2,406 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jhakhra in?Purba Champaran district (Areraj sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Jhakhra?70.3% (Census 2011)