# Dewkuliya Village, Phenhara, Purba Champaran (Bihar)

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Village · Phenhara, Purba Champaran 

# Dewkuliya

Dewkuliya is a village in Phenhara sub-district of Purba Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **2,456 people in 422 households**, the 15th largest of 26 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 54.7%.

- 2,456people (2011)
- 422households
- 56.2%literacy
- 907females per 1,000 males

## Dewkuliya PIN code and other codes

Dewkuliya falls in Phenhara sub-district, Purba Champaran district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatMankerwa
- Community development blockPhenhara
- Census village code218554

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

## How far is Dewkuliya from nearby towns?

- Phenhara (sub-district HQ)15 km by road
- Motihari (district HQ)45 km by road
- Sheohar (nearest town)15 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 Dewkuliya?

14 services counted by the Census are inside Dewkuliya; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Cooperative bankIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Pa Tahi Jadu
- ○Degree college10+ km · Motihari
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Motihari
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps

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 Dewkuliya known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 97% of the 212 hectares of village land is sown, and 176 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 Dewkuliya

Of every 100 households in Dewkuliya in 2011, 0 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 76 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Dewkuliya · ■ Phenhara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**0%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****80%**

**82%

Tap water ****2%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****58%**

**53%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****76%**

**95%

Use banking services ****39%**

**39%

Television ****7%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****76%**

**61%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****9%**

**17%

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 Dewkuliya?

■ Dewkuliya · ■ Phenhara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.2%**

**54.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****907**

**881

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****885**

**926

Working population ****28.2%**

**32.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 65.6% for men and 45.8% for women. 46% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 62 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 190 (27%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 46 (7%) · **■** Marginal 389 (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 Phenhara

- Chakarpeta3,553 people
- Mankerwa3,534 people
- Bishunpur Basant3,383 people
- Madhurapur3,378 people
- Bishunpur Mohan urf Marpa2,335 people
- Kodaria Abhi1,932 people
- Rajpur Kawalmal urf Marpa1,823 people
- Phulwariya1,709 people

[All 26 villages in Phenhara](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/purba-champaran/phenhara/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Dewkuliya from Motihari?45 km by road
- What is the population of Dewkuliya?2,456 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dewkuliya in?Purba Champaran district (Phenhara sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Dewkuliya?56.2% (Census 2011)