# Darmaha Village, Kalyanpur, Purba Champaran (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Kalyanpur, Purba Champaran 

# Darmaha

Darmaha is a village in Kalyanpur sub-district of Purba Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **10,553 people in 2,147 households**, the 6th largest of 97 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 56.7%.

- 10,553people (2011)
- 2,147households
- 57.8%literacy
- 917females per 1,000 males

## Darmaha PIN code and other codes

Darmaha falls in Kalyanpur sub-district, Purba Champaran district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatDarmaha
- Community development blockKalyanpur
- Census village code218332

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

## How far is Darmaha from nearby towns?

- Kalyanpur (sub-district HQ)11 km by road
- Motihari (district HQ)56 km by road
- Chakia (nearest town)15 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 Darmaha?

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

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 2 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 8 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 3 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 2 doctors
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Commercial bankIn 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 school5–10 km · Chakia
- ○Degree college10+ km · Chakia
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Motihari
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes 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 Darmaha known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 75% of the 1,188 hectares of village land is sown, and 316 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 Darmaha

Of every 100 households in Darmaha in 2011, 1 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 66 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Darmaha · ■ Kalyanpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**2%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****48%**

**55%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**97%

Use banking services ****49%**

**50%

Television ****6%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****66%**

**61%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****13%**

**14%

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 Darmaha?

■ Darmaha · ■ Kalyanpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.8%**

**56.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****917**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****862**

**929

Working population ****47.1%**

**33.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.6% for men and 47.2% for women. 53% of men and 41% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 954 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 1,287 (26%) · **■** Household industry 5 (0%) · **■** Other work 222 (4%) · **■** Marginal 2,501 (50%)

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 Kalyanpur

- Bans Ghat12,175 people
- Sitalpur12,106 people
- Birdaban11,833 people
- Kaleyanpur11,482 people
- Raghu Nathpur9,894 people
- RAjpur8,708 people
- Koila Belwa8,583 people
- Dilawarpur8,489 people

[All 98 villages in Kalyanpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/purba-champaran/kalyanpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Darmaha from Motihari?56 km by road
- What is the population of Darmaha?10,553 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Darmaha in?Purba Champaran district (Kalyanpur sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Darmaha?57.8% (Census 2011)
