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

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Village · Dhaka, Purba Champaran 

# Gurganwan

Gurganwan is a village in Dhaka sub-district of Purba Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,482 people in 337 households**, the 55th largest of 61 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 55.6%.

- 1,482people (2011)
- 337households
- 61.2%literacy
- 881females per 1,000 males

## Gurganwan PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatJatwaliya
- Community development blockDhaka
- Census village code217818

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

## How far is Gurganwan from nearby towns?

- Dhaka (sub-district HQ)9 km by road
- Motihari (district HQ)42 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 Gurganwan?

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

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Dhaka
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Areraj
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Motihari
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop10+ km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watercovered wells and hand pumps
- 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 Gurganwan known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 92% of the 158 hectares of village land is sown, and 115 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 Gurganwan

Of every 100 households in Gurganwan in 2011, 24 had electricity, 48 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 57 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Gurganwan · ■ Dhaka rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**9%

Toilet within the home ****48%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****51%**

**80%

Tap water ****1%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****79%**

**50%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**95%

Use banking services ****28%**

**33%

Television ****14%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****57%**

**53%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****41%**

**21%

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 Gurganwan?

■ Gurganwan · ■ Dhaka rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.2%**

**55.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****881**

**906

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****734**

**930

Working population ****27.1%**

**31.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.6% for men and 53.2% for women. 44% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 33 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 121 (30%) · **■** Household industry 29 (7%) · **■** Other work 97 (24%) · **■** Marginal 122 (30%)

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

- Gamhariya2,228 people
- Basahia2,124 people
- Mathia Mohan2,066 people
- Rupaulia Khurd1,999 people
- Sham Bakhri1,469 people
- Rupauligopi1,375 people
- Jadopur Nankar1,274 people
- Karmohna1,044 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Gurganwan from Motihari?42 km by road
- What is the population of Gurganwan?1,482 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gurganwan in?Purba Champaran district (Dhaka sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Gurganwan?61.2% (Census 2011)