Village · Bankatwa, Purba Champaran
# Jagirha Kamraula

Jagirha Kamraula is a village in Bankatwa sub-district of Purba Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted 2,559 people in 434 households, the 12th largest of 20 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 41.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 50.6%.
- 2,559 people (2011)
- 434 households
- 41.9% literacy
- 868 females per 1,000 males

## Jagirha Kamraula PIN code and other codes

Jagirha Kamraula falls in Bankatwa sub-district, Purba Champaran district, Bihar.
- Gram panchayat Gola Pakariya
- Community development block Bankatwa
- Census village code 217774

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

## How far is Jagirha Kamraula from nearby towns?
- Bankatwa (sub-district HQ) 10 km by road
- Motihari (district HQ) 20 km by road
- Dhaka (nearest town) 26 km by road

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

## What facilities are there in Jagirha Kamraula?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Jagirha Kamraula; 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
- ● Mobile phone coverage In village
- ● Pucca (black-topped) road In village
- ● Agricultural credit society In village
- ● Ration (PDS) shop In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village
- ● Polling station In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school 10+ km · Chakia
- ○ Degree college 5–10 km · Chakia
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Motihari
- ○ Primary health centre 10+ km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km
- ○ Dispensary 5–10 km
- ○ Post office under 5 km
- ○ Public bus service 5–10 km
- ○ Railway station 5–10 km
- ○ ATM 5–10 km
- ○ Commercial bank 5–10 km
- ○ Mandi / regular market 5–10 km
- ○ Public library 5–10 km

### Water and power
- Drinking water hand pumps

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

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Jagirha Kamraula known for?

The main crops are paddy and wheat. About 74% of the 224 hectares of village land is sown, and 96 hectares are irrigated.

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

## Homes and amenities in Jagirha Kamraula

Of every 100 households in Jagirha Kamraula in 2011, 4 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jagirha Kamraula · ■ Bankatwa rural average
- Electricity for lighting 4% 2%
- Toilet within the home 5% 15%
- No toilet (open defecation) 95% 84%
- Tap water 1% 1%
- Drinking water within premises 22% 36%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 98% 97%
- Use banking services 35% 38%
- Television 2% 6%
- Mobile phone 53% 58%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 3% 6%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 34% 16%
- 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 Jagirha Kamraula?

■ Jagirha Kamraula · ■ Bankatwa rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 41.9% 50.6%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 868 916
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 947 937
- Working population 32.0% 39.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 52.6% for men and 29.2% for women. 46% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 48 (6%) · ■ Farm labourers 258 (31%) · ■ Household industry 2 (0%) · ■ Other work 24 (3%) · ■ Marginal 488 (60%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Bankatwa
- Pakariya 4,768 people
- Jitpur 3,315 people
- Barhawa 2,843 people
- Majirwa 2,676 people
- Jolahgawan 2,473 people
- KudarKat 2,178 people
- Dhanukhi 2,152 people
- Bela 1,747 people

All 23 villages in Bankatwa

## Quick answers
- How far is Jagirha Kamraula from Motihari? 20 km by road
- What is the population of Jagirha Kamraula? 2,559 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jagirha Kamraula in? Purba Champaran district (Bankatwa sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Jagirha Kamraula? 41.9% (Census 2011)

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