# Chak Dagraha Village, Mehsi, Purba Champaran (Bihar)

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Village · Mehsi, Purba Champaran 

# Chak Dagraha

Chak Dagraha is a village in Mehsi sub-district of Purba Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **406 people in 85 households**, the 78th largest of 90 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 51.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 54.0%.

- 406people (2011)
- 85households
- 51.1%literacy
- 845females per 1,000 males

## Chak Dagraha PIN code and other codes

Chak Dagraha falls in Mehsi sub-district, Purba Champaran district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatPartapur
- Community development blockMehsi
- Census village code218689

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

## How far is Chak Dagraha from nearby towns?

- Mehsi (sub-district HQ)7 km by road
- Motihari (district HQ)43 km by road
- Mehsi (nearest town)7 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 Chak Dagraha?

4 services counted by the Census are inside Chak Dagraha; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Chak Dagraha
- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Tetaria
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Chakia
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Motihari
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and canal / river
- 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 Chak Dagraha known for?

The main crops are **wheat**. About 92% of the 30 hectares of village land is sown, and 11 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 Chak Dagraha

Of every 100 households in Chak Dagraha in 2011, 67 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chak Dagraha · ■ Mehsi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****67%**

**4%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**13%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**86%

Tap water ****1%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****21%**

**39%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**98%

Use banking services ****83%**

**44%

Television ****5%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**56%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**20%

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 Chak Dagraha?

■ Chak Dagraha · ■ Mehsi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****51.1%**

**54.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****845**

**903

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****932**

**962

Working population ****25.6%**

**33.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 57.4% for men and 43.4% for women. 47% of men and 1% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 1 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 1 (1%) · **■** Marginal 101 (97%)

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 Mehsi

- Bala Tola523 people
- Rampurwa489 people
- Bariara481 people
- Chak Rasul412 people
- Bhatauliya334 people
- Madhubani329 people
- Mithanpura295 people
- Nankar Madhopur Kesho295 people

[All 94 villages in Mehsi](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/purba-champaran/mehsi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Chak Dagraha from Motihari?43 km by road
- What is the population of Chak Dagraha?406 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chak Dagraha in?Purba Champaran district (Mehsi sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Chak Dagraha?51.1% (Census 2011)