# Bhatanahiya Village, Narkatia, Purba Champaran (Bihar)

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Village · Narkatia, Purba Champaran 

# Bhatanahiya

Bhatanahiya is a village in Narkatia sub-district of Purba Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **6,546 people in 1,120 households**, the 6th largest of 51 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 57.2%.

- 6,546people (2011)
- 1,120households
- 59.2%literacy
- 922females per 1,000 males

## Bhatanahiya PIN code and other codes

Bhatanahiya falls in Narkatia sub-district, Purba Champaran district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatBhatnahiya
- Community development blockNarkatia
- Census village code217718

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

## How far is Bhatanahiya from nearby towns?

- Narkatia (sub-district HQ)5 km by road
- Motihari (district HQ)28 km by road
- Motihari (nearest town)28 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 Bhatanahiya?

18 services counted by the Census are inside Bhatanahiya; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Latihanwa
- ○Degree college10+ km · Latihaniya
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Motihari
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)5 h summer · 5 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 Bhatanahiya known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 78% of the 238 hectares of village land is sown, and 70 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 Bhatanahiya

Of every 100 households in Bhatanahiya in 2011, 3 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 69 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bhatanahiya · ■ Narkatia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****3%**

**2%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**12%

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

**88%

Tap water ****1%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****51%**

**37%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**97%

Use banking services ****34%**

**30%

Television ****4%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****69%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**19%

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 Bhatanahiya?

■ Bhatanahiya · ■ Narkatia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.2%**

**57.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****922**

**905

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****956**

**919

Working population ****33.6%**

**34.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.1% for men and 48.3% for women. 46% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 432 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 171 (8%) · **■** Household industry 23 (1%) · **■** Other work 188 (9%) · **■** Marginal 1,383 (63%)

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 Narkatia

- Jitpur10,282 people
- Tinkoni9,873 people
- Kudarkat7,801 people
- Narkatia7,577 people
- Hirmani6,503 people
- Purainiya6,082 people
- Belwa5,893 people
- Parsotimpur5,623 people

[All 54 villages in Narkatia](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/purba-champaran/narkatia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Bhatanahiya from Motihari?28 km by road
- What is the population of Bhatanahiya?6,546 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhatanahiya in?Purba Champaran district (Narkatia sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Bhatanahiya?59.2% (Census 2011)
