# Gahai Village, Dhaka, Purba Champaran (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Dhaka, Purba Champaran 

# Gahai

Gahai is a village in Dhaka sub-district of Purba Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **4,278 people in 796 households**, the 30th largest of 61 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 55.6%.

- 4,278people (2011)
- 796households
- 56.6%literacy
- 889females per 1,000 males

## Gahai PIN code and other codes

Gahai falls in Dhaka sub-district, Purba Champaran district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatGahai
- Community development blockDhaka
- Census village code217807

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

## How far is Gahai from nearby towns?

- Dhaka (sub-district HQ)9 km by road
- Motihari (district HQ)40 km by road
- Dhaka (nearest town)9 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 Gahai?

17 services counted by the Census are inside Gahai; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 2 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Dhaka
- ○Degree college10+ km · Ghorasahan
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Motihari
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watercovered wells, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)6 h summer · 5 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 Gahai known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 96% of the 577 hectares of village land is sown, and 400 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 Gahai

Of every 100 households in Gahai in 2011, 2 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 60 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Gahai · ■ Dhaka rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**9%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**80%

Tap water ****1%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****44%**

**50%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**95%

Use banking services ****29%**

**33%

Television ****8%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****60%**

**53%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**6%

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

**1%

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 Gahai?

■ Gahai · ■ Dhaka rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.6%**

**55.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****889**

**906

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**930

Working population ****39.1%**

**31.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.8% for men and 40.1% for women. 51% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 329 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 438 (26%) · **■** Household industry 8 (0%) · **■** Other work 108 (6%) · **■** Marginal 789 (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 Dhaka

- Kusmahwa4,298 people
- Saratha4,297 people
- Dostiya4,292 people
- Masaurha4,284 people
- Bisambharpur4,269 people
- Chand Mohan4,123 people
- Parsa4,083 people
- Kharhui Bara Farid3,608 people

[All 61 villages in Dhaka](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/purba-champaran/dhaka/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Gahai from Motihari?40 km by road
- What is the population of Gahai?4,278 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gahai in?Purba Champaran district (Dhaka sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Gahai?56.6% (Census 2011)