# Bankat Village, Kesaria, Purba Champaran (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Kesaria, Purba Champaran 

# Bankat

Bankat is a village in Kesaria sub-district of Purba Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,799 people in 390 households**, the 29th largest of 41 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 57.5%.

- 1,799people (2011)
- 390households
- 64.3%literacy
- 884females per 1,000 males

## Bankat PIN code and other codes

Bankat falls in Kesaria sub-district, Purba Champaran district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatMathiya
- Community development blockKesaria
- Census village code218215

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

## How far is Bankat from nearby towns?

- Kesaria (sub-district HQ)5 km by road
- Motihari (district HQ)55 km by road
- Kesaria (nearest town)5 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 Bankat?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Bankat; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Chakiya
- ○Degree college10+ km · Chakiya
- ○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
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps 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 Bankat known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 72% of the 131 hectares of village land is sown, and 74 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 Bankat

Of every 100 households in Bankat in 2011, 0 had electricity, 21 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 56 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bankat · ■ Kesaria rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**2%

Toilet within the home ****21%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****79%**

**83%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****71%**

**57%

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

**2%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****21%**

**46%

Television ****5%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****56%**

**65%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**2%

None of these assets ****12%**

**17%

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 Bankat?

■ Bankat · ■ Kesaria rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.3%**

**57.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****884**

**909

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****916**

**948

Working population ****37.5%**

**35.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.8% for men and 52.3% for women. 53% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 77 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 313 (46%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 54 (8%) · **■** Marginal 229 (34%)

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 Kesaria

- Gonchhi2,739 people
- Paduman Chhapra2,327 people
- Kunrwa2,069 people
- Manohar Chhapra2,059 people
- Rampurwa1,775 people
- Derwa1,728 people
- Manjhariya1,612 people
- Jagirha1,544 people

[All 43 villages in Kesaria](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/purba-champaran/kesaria/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Bankat from Motihari?55 km by road
- What is the population of Bankat?1,799 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bankat in?Purba Champaran district (Kesaria sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Bankat?64.3% (Census 2011)