# Pakhnahiya Village, Ramgarhwa, Purba Champaran (Bihar) > Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/purba-champaran/ramgarhwa/pakhnahiya/ Village · Ramgarhwa, Purba Champaran # Pakhnahiya Pakhnahiya is a village in Ramgarhwa sub-district of Purba Champaran district, Bihar, PIN code **845440**. The 2011 Census counted **5,231 people in 916 households**, the 14th largest of 43 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 50.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 55.8%. - 5,231people (2011) - 916households - 50.7%literacy - 845440PIN code ## Pakhnahiya PIN code and other codes **The PIN code of Pakhnahiya is 845440.** Pakhnahiya falls in Ramgarhwa sub-district, Purba Champaran district, Bihar. - PIN code845440 - Gram panchayatPakhnahiya - Community development blockRamgarhwa - Census village code217584 Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## How far is Pakhnahiya from nearby towns? - Ramgarhwa (sub-district HQ)7 km by road - Motihari (district HQ)52 km by road - Raxaul (nearest town)21 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 Pakhnahiya? 12 services counted by the Census are inside Pakhnahiya; the rest show the distance to the nearest one. ### In the village - ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 2 private - ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt - ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village - ●All-weather roadIn village - ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village - ●Weekly haatIn village - ●Anganwadi centreIn village - ●ASHA health workerIn village - ●Polling stationIn village ### Nearest outside - ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Raxaul - ○Degree college10+ km · Raxaul - ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Motihari - ○Primary health centre10+ km - ○Allopathic hospital10+ km - ○Dispensary10+ km - ○Post officeunder 5 km - ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km - ○Railway stationunder 5 km - ○ATM10+ km - ○Commercial bank10+ km - ○Mandi / regular market10+ km - ○Public library10+ km ### Water and power - Drinking watercovered wells, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes - Electricity (2011)4 h summer · 4 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 Pakhnahiya known for? The main crops are **paddy**. About 92% of the 224 hectares of village land is sown, and 200 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 Pakhnahiya Of every 100 households in Pakhnahiya in 2011, 13 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 51 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car. ■ Pakhnahiya · ■ Ramgarhwa rural average Electricity for lighting ****13%** **10% Toilet within the home ****15%** **17% No toilet (open defecation) ****80%** **82% Tap water ****1%** **3% Drinking water within premises ****39%** **35% Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%** **4% Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%** **96% Use banking services ****36%** **28% Television ****10%** **11% Mobile phone ****51%** **48% Computer with internet ****0%** **0% Two-wheeler ****4%** **6% Car / jeep / van ****1%** **1% None of these assets ****8%** **24% 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 Pakhnahiya? ■ Pakhnahiya · ■ Ramgarhwa rural average Literacy (age 7+) ****50.7%** **55.8% Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****899** **885 Child sex ratio (0–6) ****943** **939 Working population ****33.4%** **37.9% ### Women and men Literacy is 60.2% for men and 39.9% for women. 46% of men and 19% of women work. ### Who works, and at what ********** **■** Cultivators 262 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 858 (49%) · **■** Household industry 20 (1%) · **■** Other work 133 (8%) · **■** Marginal 473 (27%) 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 Ramgarhwa - Patni7,977 people - Murla7,356 people - Dhanhar Dihuli7,355 people - Tola Birta5,947 people - Siswaniya4,795 people - Sukhi Semra4,064 people - Kat Kenwa3,369 people - Shiwa Nagar3,046 people [All 44 villages in Ramgarhwa](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/purba-champaran/ramgarhwa/villages/) ## Quick answers - What is the PIN code of Pakhnahiya?845440 - How far is Pakhnahiya from Motihari?52 km by road - What is the population of Pakhnahiya?5,231 (Census 2011) - Which district is Pakhnahiya in?Purba Champaran district (Ramgarhwa sub-district), Bihar - What is the literacy rate of Pakhnahiya?50.7% (Census 2011)