# Dagraha Village, Mehsi, Purba Champaran (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Mehsi, Purba Champaran 

# Dagraha

Dagraha is a village in Mehsi sub-district of Purba Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,613 people in 262 households**, the 33rd largest of 90 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 54.0%.

- 1,613people (2011)
- 262households
- 68.5%literacy
- 969females per 1,000 males

## Dagraha PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatPartapur
- Community development blockMehsi
- Census village code218690

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

## How far is Dagraha from nearby towns?

- Mehsi (sub-district HQ)5 km by road
- Motihari (district HQ)48 km by road
- Mehsi (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 Dagraha?

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

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○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
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 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

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 Dagraha known for?

The main crops are **wheat**. About 87% of the 175 hectares of village land is sown, and 76 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 Dagraha

Of every 100 households in Dagraha in 2011, 1 had electricity, 27 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 67 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Dagraha · ■ Mehsi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**4%

Toilet within the home ****27%**

**13%

No toilet (open defecation) ****73%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****53%**

**39%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**98%

Use banking services ****69%**

**44%

Television ****16%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****67%**

**56%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****8%**

**20%

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 Dagraha?

■ Dagraha · ■ Mehsi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.5%**

**54.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****969**

**903

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1104**

**962

Working population ****24.4%**

**33.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.7% for men and 57.7% for women. 44% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 87 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 65 (16%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 86 (22%) · **■** Marginal 151 (38%)

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

- Madhopur Phulwaria1,772 people
- Bakhri1,716 people
- Rani Patti1,677 people
- Bishunpur Bara1,623 people
- Ahibaran Chhapra1,609 people
- Ojhilpur1,579 people
- Koirgawan1,546 people
- Galimpur1,502 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Dagraha from Motihari?48 km by road
- What is the population of Dagraha?1,613 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dagraha in?Purba Champaran district (Mehsi sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Dagraha?68.5% (Census 2011)