# Gobindapur Village, Piprakothi, Purba Champaran (Bihar)

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Village · Piprakothi, Purba Champaran 

# Gobindapur

Gobindapur is a village in Piprakothi sub-district of Purba Champaran district, Bihar, PIN code **845437**. The 2011 Census counted **2,828 people in 573 households**, the 9th largest of 20 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 58.3%.

- 2,828people (2011)
- 573households
- 57.9%literacy
- 845437PIN code

## Gobindapur PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Gobindapur is 845437.** Gobindapur falls in Piprakothi sub-district, Purba Champaran district, Bihar.

- PIN code845437
- Gram panchayatTikaita Gobindapur
- Community development blockPiprakothi
- Census village code218393

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

## How far is Gobindapur from nearby towns?

- Piprakothi (sub-district HQ)7 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 Gobindapur?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Gobindapur; 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
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Bhopatpur
- ○Degree college10+ km · Motihari
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Motihari
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)4 h summer · 3 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 Gobindapur known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 70% of the 196 hectares of village land is sown, and 137 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 Gobindapur

Of every 100 households in Gobindapur in 2011, 0 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 14 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gobindapur · ■ Piprakothi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**4%

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

**13%

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

**87%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****39%**

**49%

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

**3%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****29%**

**50%

Television ****4%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****14%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**18%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Gobindapur?

■ Gobindapur · ■ Piprakothi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.9%**

**58.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****839**

**888

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****895**

**898

Working population ****30.2%**

**31.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 61.5% for men and 53.5% for women. 46% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 166 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 544 (64%) · **■** Other work 94 (11%) · **■** Marginal 51 (6%)

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 Piprakothi

- Pipra Kothi4,522 people
- Bir Chhapra4,207 people
- Tikaita3,718 people
- Salempur3,342 people
- Majharia2,818 people
- Semra2,806 people
- Mathiya Bariyarpur2,734 people
- Jiwdhara2,674 people

[All 20 villages in Piprakothi](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/purba-champaran/piprakothi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Gobindapur?845437
- How far is Gobindapur from Motihari?8 km by road
- What is the population of Gobindapur?2,828 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gobindapur in?Purba Champaran district (Piprakothi sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Gobindapur?57.9% (Census 2011)
