Village · Motihari, Purba Champaran
# Pataura Tola Bhataha

Pataura Tola Bhataha is a village in Motihari sub-district of Purba Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted 1,551 people in 284 households, the 42nd largest of 68 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 51.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 51.8%.
- 1,551 people (2011)
- 284 households
- 51.1% literacy
- 885 females per 1,000 males

## Pataura Tola Bhataha PIN code and other codes

Pataura Tola Bhataha falls in Motihari sub-district, Purba Champaran district, Bihar.
- Gram panchayat Patora
- Community development block Motihari
- Census village code 217980

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## How far is Pataura Tola Bhataha 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.

## What facilities are there in Pataura Tola Bhataha?

5 services counted by the Census are inside Pataura Tola Bhataha; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Pre-primary school In village · 1 private
- ● Primary school In village · 1 govt
- ● Agricultural credit society In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● Polling station In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school 10+ km · Motihari
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Motihari
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Motihari
- ○ Primary health centre 5–10 km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 5–10 km
- ○ Dispensary 5–10 km
- ○ Post office under 5 km
- ○ Public bus service 5–10 km
- ○ Railway station 5–10 km
- ○ ATM 5–10 km
- ○ Commercial bank 5–10 km
- ○ Ration (PDS) shop 5–10 km
- ○ Mandi / regular market 10+ km
- ○ Public library 10+ km

### Water and power
- Drinking water hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Pataura Tola Bhataha known for?

The main crops are paddy. About 89% of the 148 hectares of village land is sown, and 60 hectares are irrigated.

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## Homes and amenities in Pataura Tola Bhataha

Of every 100 households in Pataura Tola Bhataha in 2011, 2 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Pataura Tola Bhataha · ■ Motihari rural average
- Electricity for lighting 2% 6%
- Toilet within the home 2% 13%
- No toilet (open defecation) 98% 87%
- Tap water 0% 1%
- Drinking water within premises 47% 40%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 4%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 67% 95%
- Use banking services 12% 36%
- Television 2% 8%
- Mobile phone 52% 51%
- Computer with internet 3% 1%
- Two-wheeler 1% 7%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 2%
- 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).

## What is the population of Pataura Tola Bhataha?

■ Pataura Tola Bhataha · ■ Motihari rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 51.1% 51.8%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 885 882
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 984 910
- Working population 37.2% 34.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.7% for men and 35.2% for women. 45% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 31 (5%) · ■ Farm labourers 82 (14%) · ■ Household industry 7 (1%) · ■ Other work 218 (38%) · ■ Marginal 239 (41%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Motihari
- Lachhmipur 2,134 people
- Gulariya 2,008 people
- Basmahpur Agarwa 1,646 people
- Harian Chhapra 1,551 people
- Ray Singha 1,537 people
- Harkaina 1,398 people
- Jamla 1,352 people
- Sihulia 1,299 people

All 74 villages in Motihari

## Quick answers
- How far is Pataura Tola Bhataha from Motihari? 8 km by road
- What is the population of Pataura Tola Bhataha? 1,551 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pataura Tola Bhataha in? Purba Champaran district (Motihari sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Pataura Tola Bhataha? 51.1% (Census 2011)

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