Village · Turkaulia, Purba Champaran
# Rampur Chargaha

Rampur Chargaha is a village in Turkaulia sub-district of Purba Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted 1,266 people in 255 households, the 28th largest of 33 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 50.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 53.6%.
- 1,266 people (2011)
- 255 households
- 50.4% literacy
- 904 females per 1,000 males

## Rampur Chargaha PIN code and other codes

Rampur Chargaha falls in Turkaulia sub-district, Purba Champaran district, Bihar.
- Gram panchayat Chargaha
- Community development block Turkaulia
- Census village code 217997

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

## How far is Rampur Chargaha from nearby towns?
- Turkaulia (sub-district HQ) 5 km by road
- Motihari (district HQ) 14 km by road
- Motihari (nearest town) 14 km by road

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

## What facilities are there in Rampur Chargaha?

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

### In the village
- ● Pre-primary school In village · 1 private
- ● Primary school In village · 1 govt
- ● Middle school In village · 1 govt
- ● Mobile phone coverage In village
- ● Pucca (black-topped) road In village
- ● All-weather road In village
- ● Agricultural credit society In village
- ● Ration (PDS) shop In village
- ● Mandi / regular market In village
- ● Weekly haat In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village
- ● Polling station In village

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

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

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

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Rampur Chargaha known for?

The main crops are paddy. About 84% of the 60 hectares of village land is sown, and 19 hectares are irrigated.

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

## Homes and amenities in Rampur Chargaha

Of every 100 households in Rampur Chargaha in 2011, 0 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 58 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Rampur Chargaha · ■ Turkaulia rural average
- Electricity for lighting 0% 7%
- Toilet within the home 3% 15%
- No toilet (open defecation) 97% 84%
- Tap water 0% 2%
- Drinking water within premises 96% 50%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 5%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 94%
- Use banking services 15% 40%
- Television 0% 9%
- Mobile phone 58% 60%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 4% 9%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 2%
- None of these assets 16% 15%
- Own their home 99% 98%

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

## What is the population of Rampur Chargaha?

■ Rampur Chargaha · ■ Turkaulia rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 50.4% 53.6%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 904 916
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 896 923
- Working population 33.3% 36.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.0% for men and 36.5% for women. 49% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 51 (12%) · ■ Farm labourers 170 (40%) · ■ Other work 93 (22%) · ■ Marginal 108 (26%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Turkaulia
- Chainpur 1,826 people
- Khagni 1,645 people
- Kushar 1,489 people
- Parsauna 1,299 people
- 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 Rampur Chargaha from Motihari? 14 km by road
- What is the population of Rampur Chargaha? 1,266 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rampur Chargaha in? Purba Champaran district (Turkaulia sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Rampur Chargaha? 50.4% (Census 2011)

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