# Sundarpur Village, Bankatwa, Purba Champaran (Bihar)

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Village · Bankatwa, Purba Champaran 

# Sundarpur

Sundarpur is a village in Bankatwa sub-district of Purba Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,266 people in 205 households**, the 18th largest of 20 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 50.6%.

- 1,266people (2011)
- 205households
- 73.4%literacy
- 945females per 1,000 males

## Sundarpur PIN code and other codes

Sundarpur falls in Bankatwa sub-district, Purba Champaran district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatJitpur
- Community development blockBankatwa
- Census village code217761

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

## How far is Sundarpur from nearby towns?

- Bankatwa (sub-district HQ)6 km by road
- Motihari (district HQ)28 km by road
- Dhaka (nearest town)25 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 Sundarpur?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Sundarpur; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn 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 · Chakia
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Chakia
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Motihari
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and canal / river

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 Sundarpur known for?

The main crops are **paddy and wheat**. About 89% of the 119 hectares of village land is sown, and 98 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 Sundarpur

Of every 100 households in Sundarpur in 2011, 0 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 60 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Sundarpur · ■ Bankatwa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**2%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**84%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****20%**

**36%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****56%**

**97%

Use banking services ****27%**

**38%

Television ****8%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****60%**

**58%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**16%

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 Sundarpur?

■ Sundarpur · ■ Bankatwa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.4%**

**50.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****945**

**916

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****930**

**937

Working population ****53.6%**

**39.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.6% for men and 62.6% for women. 56% of men and 51% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 70 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 277 (41%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 7 (1%) · **■** Marginal 321 (47%)

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 Bankatwa

- KudarKat2,178 people
- Dhanukhi2,152 people
- Bela1,747 people
- Pipra1,564 people
- Siripur1,164 people
- Balua Tola Dhanukhi897 people

[All 23 villages in Bankatwa](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/purba-champaran/bankatwa/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Sundarpur from Motihari?28 km by road
- What is the population of Sundarpur?1,266 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sundarpur in?Purba Champaran district (Bankatwa sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Sundarpur?73.4% (Census 2011)