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

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Village · Kalyanpur, Purba Champaran 

# Gaundra

Gaundra is a village in Kalyanpur sub-district of Purba Champaran district, Bihar, PIN code **845426**. The 2011 Census counted **13,348 people in 2,814 households**, the 1st largest of 97 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 56.7%.

- 13,348people (2011)
- 2,814households
- 64.6%literacy
- 845426PIN code

## Gaundra PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Gaundra is 845426.** Gaundra falls in Kalyanpur sub-district, Purba Champaran district, Bihar.

- PIN code845426
- Gram panchayatUttari Gaundra, Dakshni Gaundra
- Community development blockKalyanpur
- Census village code218286

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

## How far is Gaundra from nearby towns?

- Kalyanpur (sub-district HQ)4 km by road
- Motihari (district HQ)37 km by road
- Chakia (nearest town)8 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 Gaundra?

20 services counted by the Census are inside Gaundra; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 3 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 7 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 2 doctors
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●State highwayIn 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 school5–10 km · Chakia
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Chakia
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Motihari
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps
- Electricity (2011)4 h summer · 4 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 Gaundra known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 71% of the 1,235 hectares of village land is sown, and 750 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 Gaundra

Of every 100 households in Gaundra in 2011, 4 had electricity, 25 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 57 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Gaundra · ■ Kalyanpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****4%**

**2%

Toilet within the home ****25%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****75%**

**81%

Tap water ****1%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****69%**

**55%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**97%

Use banking services ****60%**

**50%

Television ****11%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****57%**

**61%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**8%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****10%**

**14%

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 Gaundra?

■ Gaundra · ■ Kalyanpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.6%**

**56.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****946**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****995**

**929

Working population ****36.8%**

**33.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.7% for men and 56.0% for women. 50% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 1,262 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 1,778 (36%) · **■** Household industry 118 (2%) · **■** Other work 297 (6%) · **■** Marginal 1,455 (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 Kalyanpur

- Bans Ghat12,175 people
- Sitalpur12,106 people
- Birdaban11,833 people
- Kaleyanpur11,482 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Gaundra?845426
- How far is Gaundra from Motihari?37 km by road
- What is the population of Gaundra?13,348 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gaundra in?Purba Champaran district (Kalyanpur sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Gaundra?64.6% (Census 2011)
