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

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Village · Areraj, Purba Champaran 

# Lauriya

Lauriya is a village in Areraj sub-district of Purba Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **2,041 people in 319 households**, the 22nd largest of 42 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.1%.

- 2,041people (2011)
- 319households
- 68.1%literacy
- 900females per 1,000 males

## Lauriya PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatRarhiya
- Community development blockAreraj
- Census village code218163

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

## How far is Lauriya from nearby towns?

- Areraj (sub-district HQ)2 km by road
- Motihari (district HQ)32 km by road
- Areraj (nearest town)2 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 Lauriya?

13 services counted by the Census are inside Lauriya; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn 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 schoolunder 5 km · Areraj
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Areraj
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Motihari
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)3 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 Lauriya known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 85% of the 83 hectares of village land is sown, and 53 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 Lauriya

Of every 100 households in Lauriya in 2011, 24 had electricity, 21 a toilet at home and 15 cooked with LPG; 77 had a mobile phone, 20 a two-wheeler and 7 a car.

■ Lauriya · ■ Areraj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**9%

Toilet within the home ****21%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****79%**

**76%

Tap water ****1%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****64%**

**60%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****15%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****84%**

**94%

Use banking services ****68%**

**55%

Television ****28%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****77%**

**70%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****20%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****7%**

**3%

None of these assets ****4%**

**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 Lauriya?

■ Lauriya · ■ Areraj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.1%**

**63.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****900**

**888

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****981**

**936

Working population ****26.4%**

**31.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.8% for men and 54.9% for women. 41% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 193 (36%) · **■** Farm labourers 139 (26%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 33 (6%) · **■** Marginal 166 (31%)

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

- Khajuriya2,594 people
- Misrauliya2,475 people
- Jhakhra2,406 people
- Damodarpur2,260 people
- Kauwaha2,008 people
- Purandarpur1,912 people
- Rajepur1,818 people
- Kamaluwa1,644 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Lauriya from Motihari?32 km by road
- What is the population of Lauriya?2,041 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Lauriya in?Purba Champaran district (Areraj sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Lauriya?68.1% (Census 2011)