Village · Areraj, Purba Champaran
# Khajuriya

Khajuriya is a village in Areraj sub-district of Purba Champaran district, Bihar, PIN code 845425. The 2011 Census counted 2,594 people in 415 households, the 18th largest of 42 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.1%.
- 2,594 people (2011)
- 415 households
- 66.8% literacy
- 845425 PIN code

## Khajuriya PIN code and other codes

The PIN code of Khajuriya is 845425. Khajuriya falls in Areraj sub-district, Purba Champaran district, Bihar.
- PIN code 845425
- Gram panchayat Mamarkha Tola Bhaiya
- Community development block Areraj
- Census village code 218137

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## How far is Khajuriya from nearby towns?
- Areraj (sub-district HQ) 10 km by road
- Motihari (district HQ) 40 km by road
- Areraj (nearest town) 10 km by road

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## What facilities are there in Khajuriya?

11 services counted by the Census are inside Khajuriya; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Pre-primary school In village · 1 private
- ● Primary school In village · 1 govt
- ● Middle school In village · 1 govt
- ● Post office In village
- ● Internet / Common Service Centre In village
- ● National highway In village
- ● State highway In village
- ● Pucca (black-topped) road In village
- ● Agricultural credit society In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● Polling station In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school 5–10 km · Areraj
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Tajpur Deur
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Motihari
- ○ Primary health centre 10+ km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 5–10 km
- ○ Dispensary 10+ km
- ○ Public bus service 5–10 km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ ATM 10+ km
- ○ Commercial bank 10+ km
- ○ Ration (PDS) shop under 5 km
- ○ Mandi / regular market 10+ km
- ○ Public library 10+ km

### Water and power
- Drinking water covered wells and hand pumps
- Electricity (2011) 5 h summer · 6 h winter

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Khajuriya known for?

The main crops are paddy. About 55% of the 211 hectares of village land is sown, and 97 hectares are irrigated.

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## Homes and amenities in Khajuriya

Of every 100 households in Khajuriya in 2011, 6 had electricity, 21 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 80 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Khajuriya · ■ Areraj rural average
- Electricity for lighting 6% 9%
- Toilet within the home 21% 24%
- No toilet (open defecation) 79% 76%
- Tap water 2% 1%
- Drinking water within premises 34% 60%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 4% 5%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 95% 94%
- Use banking services 62% 55%
- Television 18% 12%
- Mobile phone 80% 70%
- Computer with internet 3% 1%
- Two-wheeler 12% 10%
- Car / jeep / van 3% 3%
- None of these assets 9% 10%
- Own their home 100% 99%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Khajuriya?

■ Khajuriya · ■ Areraj rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 66.8% 63.1%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 727 888
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 899 936
- Working population 32.9% 31.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.7% for men and 55.4% for women. 46% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 90 (11%) · ■ Farm labourers 161 (19%) · ■ Household industry 9 (1%) · ■ Other work 122 (14%) · ■ Marginal 472 (55%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Areraj
- Manguraha 3,433 people
- Rampur Chhapkahiya 3,220 people
- Babhnauli 3,195 people
- Jitwarpur 3,191 people
- Misrauliya 2,475 people
- Jhakhra 2,406 people
- Damodarpur 2,260 people
- Lauriya 2,041 people

All 46 villages in Areraj

## Quick answers
- What is the PIN code of Khajuriya? 845425
- How far is Khajuriya from Motihari? 40 km by road
- What is the population of Khajuriya? 2,594 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Khajuriya in? Purba Champaran district (Areraj sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Khajuriya? 66.8% (Census 2011)

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