# Masahi Village, Narkatia, Purba Champaran (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Narkatia, Purba Champaran 

# Masahi

Masahi is a village in Narkatia sub-district of Purba Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **2,764 people in 469 households**, the 21st largest of 51 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 57.2%.

- 2,764people (2011)
- 469households
- 64.3%literacy
- 940females per 1,000 males

## Masahi PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatKhairwa
- Community development blockNarkatia
- Census village code217730

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

## How far is Masahi from nearby towns?

- Narkatia (sub-district HQ)14 km by road
- Motihari (district HQ)18 km by road
- Motihari (nearest town)18 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 Masahi?

14 services counted by the Census are inside Masahi; 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
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Choradano
- ○Degree college10+ km · Motihari
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Motihari
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)1 h summer · 1 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 Masahi known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 67% of the 185 hectares of village land is sown, and 43 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 Masahi

Of every 100 households in Masahi in 2011, 1 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Masahi · ■ Narkatia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**2%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**88%

Tap water ****1%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****52%**

**37%

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

**2%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****7%**

**30%

Television ****3%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**19%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Masahi?

■ Masahi · ■ Narkatia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.3%**

**57.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****940**

**905

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****881**

**919

Working population ****38.5%**

**34.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.6% for men and 53.6% for women. 45% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 182 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 187 (18%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 90 (8%) · **■** Marginal 596 (56%)

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

- Juafar3,294 people
- Baikunthwa3,262 people
- Bela3,144 people
- Siswaniya2,890 people
- Pakariya2,643 people
- Siripur2,612 people
- Budhuaha2,299 people
- Murli2,206 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Masahi from Motihari?18 km by road
- What is the population of Masahi?2,764 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Masahi in?Purba Champaran district (Narkatia sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Masahi?64.3% (Census 2011)