# Dharmuhan Village, Motihari, Purba Champaran (Bihar)

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Village · Motihari, Purba Champaran 

# Dharmuhan

Dharmuhan is a village in Motihari sub-district of Purba Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **2,567 people in 489 households**, the 34th largest of 68 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 47.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 51.8%.

- 2,567people (2011)
- 489households
- 47.9%literacy
- 836females per 1,000 males

## Dharmuhan PIN code and other codes

Dharmuhan falls in Motihari sub-district, Purba Champaran district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatRulhi
- Community development blockMotihari
- Census village code217955

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

## How far is Dharmuhan from nearby towns?

- Motihari (sub-district HQ)8 km by road
- Motihari (district HQ)8 km by road
- Motihari (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 Dharmuhan?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Dharmuhan; 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
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Motihari
- ○Degree college10+ km · Motihari
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Motihari
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes

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 Dharmuhan known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 68% of the 213 hectares of village land is sown, and 120 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 Dharmuhan

Of every 100 households in Dharmuhan in 2011, 40 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dharmuhan · ■ Motihari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****40%**

**6%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**13%

No toilet (open defecation) ****81%**

**87%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****56%**

**40%

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

**4%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****28%**

**36%

Television ****14%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**51%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**7%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****31%**

**20%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Dharmuhan?

■ Dharmuhan · ■ Motihari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****47.9%**

**51.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****836**

**882

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****881**

**910

Working population ****47.9%**

**34.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 58.6% for men and 34.9% for women. 56% of men and 38% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 188 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 882 (72%) · **■** Household industry 4 (0%) · **■** Other work 28 (2%) · **■** Marginal 127 (10%)

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 Motihari

- Sarsaula2,793 people
- Chhatauni Amar2,790 people
- Dostia2,659 people
- Rup Dih2,639 people
- Loknathpur2,447 people
- Bairia2,164 people
- Patparia Moran2,135 people
- Lachhmipur2,134 people

[All 74 villages in Motihari](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/purba-champaran/motihari/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Dharmuhan from Motihari?8 km by road
- What is the population of Dharmuhan?2,567 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dharmuhan in?Purba Champaran district (Motihari sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Dharmuhan?47.9% (Census 2011)