# Garahia Village, Madhuban, Purba Champaran (Bihar) – PIN Code > Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/purba-champaran/madhuban/garahia/ Village · Madhuban, Purba Champaran # Garahia Garahia is a village in Madhuban sub-district of Purba Champaran district, Bihar, PIN code **845426**. The 2011 Census counted **5,396 people in 1,009 households**, the 6th largest of 54 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 34.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 49.8%. - 5,396people (2011) - 1,009households - 34.2%literacy - 845426PIN code ## Garahia PIN code and other codes **The PIN code of Garahia is 845426.** Garahia falls in Madhuban sub-district, Purba Champaran district, Bihar. - PIN code845426 - Gram panchayatGarahia - Community development blockMadhuban - Census village code218627 Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## How far is Garahia from nearby towns? - Madhuban (sub-district HQ)8 km by road - Motihari (district HQ)45 km by road - Madhuban (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 Garahia? 15 services counted by the Census are inside Garahia; the rest show the distance to the nearest one. ### In the village - ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private - ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt - ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt - ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 2 doctors - ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●TB clinicIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●All-weather roadIn village - ●Commercial bankIn village - ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village - ●Mandi / regular marketIn village - ●Anganwadi centreIn village - ●ASHA health workerIn village - ●Polling stationIn village ### Nearest outside - ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Madhuban - ○Degree college5–10 km · Chakiya - ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Motihari - ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km - ○Dispensaryunder 5 km - ○Post office5–10 km - ○Public bus service5–10 km - ○Railway station5–10 km - ○ATM5–10 km - ○Public library10+ km ### Water and power - Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes - 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 Garahia known for? The main crops are **paddy**. About 72% of the 176 hectares of village land is sown, and 91 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 Garahia Of every 100 households in Garahia in 2011, 3 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car. ■ Garahia · ■ Madhuban rural average Electricity for lighting ****3%** **3% Toilet within the home ****13%** **13% No toilet (open defecation) ****86%** **86% Tap water ****1%** **3% Drinking water within premises ****40%** **49% Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%** **1% Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%** **97% Use banking services ****23%** **41% Television ****3%** **7% Mobile phone ****36%** **54% Computer with internet ****0%** **2% Two-wheeler ****4%** **7% Car / jeep / van ****1%** **3% None of these assets ****34%** **18% 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 Garahia? ■ Garahia · ■ Madhuban rural average Literacy (age 7+) ****34.2%** **49.8% Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****906** **900 Child sex ratio (0–6) ****991** **944 Working population ****24.1%** **32.2% ### Women and men Literacy is 39.3% for men and 28.4% for women. 38% of men and 9% of women work. ### Who works, and at what ******** **■** Cultivators 85 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 623 (48%) · **■** Other work 179 (14%) · **■** Marginal 414 (32%) 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 Madhuban - Dulhuma8,352 people - Kauria7,062 people - Jitaura6,592 people - Bara Gobind Tola Sawangiya5,840 people - Bajidpur4,854 people - Madhuban Tola Koilhara4,672 people - Naurangia4,538 people - Kajarhan4,387 people [All 56 villages in Madhuban](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/purba-champaran/madhuban/villages/) ## Quick answers - What is the PIN code of Garahia?845426 - How far is Garahia from Motihari?45 km by road - What is the population of Garahia?5,396 (Census 2011) - Which district is Garahia in?Purba Champaran district (Madhuban sub-district), Bihar - What is the literacy rate of Garahia?34.2% (Census 2011)