# Gamharia Village, Banjaria, Purba Champaran (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Banjaria, Purba Champaran 

# Gamharia

Gamharia is a village in Banjaria sub-district of Purba Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **890 people in 160 households**, the 28th largest of 30 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 42.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 54.1%.

- 890people (2011)
- 160households
- 42.4%literacy
- 843females per 1,000 males

## Gamharia PIN code and other codes

Gamharia falls in Banjaria sub-district, Purba Champaran district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatPhulwar South
- Community development blockBanjaria
- Census village code217671

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

## How far is Gamharia from nearby towns?

- Banjaria (sub-district HQ)30 km by road
- Motihari (district HQ)30 km by road
- Motihari (nearest town)30 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 Gamharia?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Gamharia; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Motihari
- ○Degree college10+ km · Motihari
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Motihari
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)2 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 Gamharia known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 75% of the 365 hectares of village land is sown, and 172 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 Gamharia

Of every 100 households in Gamharia in 2011, 0 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Gamharia · ■ Banjaria rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**6%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**85%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**51%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**95%

Use banking services ****23%**

**33%

Television ****1%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**55%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****20%**

**21%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Gamharia?

■ Gamharia · ■ Banjaria rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****42.4%**

**54.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****843**

**890

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1161**

**958

Working population ****71.0%**

**38.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 50.1% for men and 32.7% for women. 72% of men and 70% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 2 (0%) · **■** Farm labourers 166 (26%) · **■** Other work 8 (1%) · **■** Marginal 456 (72%)

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 Banjaria

- Pipra1,153 people
- Patkhaulia1,094 people
- Kaparsandi925 people
- Pakaria918 people
- Sukhi Dih590 people
- Ratanpur365 people

[All 31 villages in Banjaria](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/purba-champaran/banjaria/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Gamharia from Motihari?30 km by road
- What is the population of Gamharia?890 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gamharia in?Purba Champaran district (Banjaria sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Gamharia?42.4% (Census 2011)