# Khurahia Village, Ghorasahan, Purba Champaran (Bihar) > Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/purba-champaran/ghorasahan/khurahia/ Village · Ghorasahan, Purba Champaran # Khurahia Khurahia is a village in Ghorasahan sub-district of Purba Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **8,190 people in 1,312 households**, the 9th largest of 26 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 54.7%. - 8,190people (2011) - 1,312households - 52.4%literacy - 874females per 1,000 males ## Khurahia PIN code and other codes Khurahia falls in Ghorasahan sub-district, Purba Champaran district, Bihar. - Gram panchayatPuranhiya - Community development blockGhorasahan - Census village code217788 Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## How far is Khurahia from nearby towns? - Ghorasahan (sub-district HQ)4 km by road - Motihari (district HQ)45 km by road - Dhaka (nearest town)18 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 Khurahia? 15 services counted by the Census are inside Khurahia; the rest show the distance to the nearest one. ### In the village - ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private - ●Primary schoolIn village · 3 govt · 2 private - ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●Mobile phone coverageIn village - ●Public bus serviceIn village - ●Private bus serviceIn village - ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village - ●All-weather roadIn village - ●Agricultural credit societyIn village - ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village - ●Anganwadi centreIn village - ●ASHA health workerIn village - ●Polling stationIn village ### Nearest outside - ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Ghorasahan - ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Ghorasahan - ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Motihari - ○Primary health centreunder 5 km - ○Allopathic hospital10+ km - ○Dispensaryunder 5 km - ○Post officeunder 5 km - ○Railway stationunder 5 km - ○ATMunder 5 km - ○Commercial bankunder 5 km - ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km - ○Public library10+ km ### Water and power - Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes - Electricity (2011)4 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 Khurahia known for? The main crops are **paddy**. About 82% of the 517 hectares of village land is sown, and 184 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 Khurahia Of every 100 households in Khurahia in 2011, 7 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 1 a car. ■ Khurahia · ■ Ghorasahan rural average Electricity for lighting ****7%** **4% Toilet within the home ****20%** **17% No toilet (open defecation) ****75%** **82% Tap water ****6%** **2% Drinking water within premises ****33%** **37% Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%** **4% Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%** **94% Use banking services ****30%** **34% Television ****12%** **9% Mobile phone ****52%** **56% Computer with internet ****1%** **1% Two-wheeler ****10%** **8% Car / jeep / van ****1%** **2% None of these assets ****13%** **16% Own their home ****97%** **98% 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 Khurahia? ■ Khurahia · ■ Ghorasahan rural average Literacy (age 7+) ****52.4%** **54.7% Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****874** **895 Child sex ratio (0–6) ****950** **944 Working population ****39.2%** **34.7% ### Women and men Literacy is 61.6% for men and 41.7% for women. 47% of men and 30% of women work. ### Who works, and at what ********** **■** Cultivators 403 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 1,166 (36%) · **■** Household industry 40 (1%) · **■** Other work 603 (19%) · **■** Marginal 996 (31%) 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 Ghorasahan - Bagahi Bhelwa9,308 people - Purnahia9,214 people - Siripur urf Bhagwanpur8,458 people - Kadamwa8,453 people - Bijai7,740 people - Bhagwanpur Kotwa7,016 people - Samanpur6,452 people - Nonaura6,251 people [All 28 villages in Ghorasahan](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/purba-champaran/ghorasahan/villages/) ## Quick answers - How far is Khurahia from Motihari?45 km by road - What is the population of Khurahia?8,190 (Census 2011) - Which district is Khurahia in?Purba Champaran district (Ghorasahan sub-district), Bihar - What is the literacy rate of Khurahia?52.4% (Census 2011)