Village · Turkaulia, Purba Champaran
# Birt Lachhmipur

Birt Lachhmipur is a village in Turkaulia sub-district of Purba Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted 720 people in 159 households, the 33rd largest of 33 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 34.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 53.6%.
- 720 people (2011)
- 159 households
- 34.4% literacy
- 890 females per 1,000 males

## Birt Lachhmipur PIN code and other codes

Birt Lachhmipur falls in Turkaulia sub-district, Purba Champaran district, Bihar.
- Gram panchayat Raghunathpur
- Community development block Turkaulia
- Census village code 218010

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## How far is Birt Lachhmipur from nearby towns?
- Turkaulia (sub-district HQ) 4 km by road
- Motihari (district HQ) 4 km by road
- Motihari (nearest town) 4 km by road

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## What facilities are there in Birt Lachhmipur?

13 services counted by the Census are inside Birt Lachhmipur; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Primary school In village · 1 govt
- ● Middle school In village · 1 govt
- ● Health sub-centre In village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ● Family welfare centre In village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ● Mobile phone coverage In village
- ● National highway In village
- ● State highway In village
- ● Pucca (black-topped) road In village
- ● All-weather road In village
- ● Agricultural credit society In village
- ● Ration (PDS) shop In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● Polling station In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school under 5 km · Turkaulia
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Motihari
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Motihari
- ○ Primary health centre 5–10 km
- ○ Allopathic hospital under 5 km
- ○ Dispensary 10+ km
- ○ Post office under 5 km
- ○ Public bus service 10+ km
- ○ Railway station 5–10 km
- ○ ATM under 5 km
- ○ Commercial bank under 5 km
- ○ Mandi / regular market 5–10 km
- ○ Public library 5–10 km

### Water and power
- Drinking water untreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011) 2 h summer · 3 h winter

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Birt Lachhmipur known for?

The main crops are paddy. About 64% of the 58 hectares of village land is sown, and 25 hectares are irrigated.

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## Homes and amenities in Birt Lachhmipur

Of every 100 households in Birt Lachhmipur in 2011, 2 had electricity, 33 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 66 had a mobile phone, 26 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Birt Lachhmipur · ■ Turkaulia rural average
- Electricity for lighting 2% 7%
- Toilet within the home 33% 15%
- No toilet (open defecation) 67% 84%
- Tap water 2% 2%
- Drinking water within premises 37% 50%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 5% 5%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 95% 94%
- Use banking services 30% 40%
- Television 21% 9%
- Mobile phone 66% 60%
- Computer with internet 1% 0%
- Two-wheeler 26% 9%
- Car / jeep / van 4% 2%
- None of these assets 21% 15%
- Own their home 94% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Birt Lachhmipur?

■ Birt Lachhmipur · ■ Turkaulia rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 34.4% 53.6%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 890 916
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 931 923
- Working population 47.1% 36.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 42.1% for men and 25.7% for women. 57% of men and 36% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 34 (10%) · ■ Farm labourers 8 (2%) · ■ Other work 7 (2%) · ■ Marginal 290 (86%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Turkaulia
- Babhnaulia 1,204 people
- Mathwa 1,030 people
- Belahi 1,018 people
- Jolah ganwa 938 people

All 34 villages in Turkaulia

## Quick answers
- How far is Birt Lachhmipur from Motihari? 4 km by road
- What is the population of Birt Lachhmipur? 720 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Birt Lachhmipur in? Purba Champaran district (Turkaulia sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Birt Lachhmipur? 34.4% (Census 2011)

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