# Turkauliya Village, Turkaulia, Purba Champaran (Bihar) > Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/purba-champaran/turkaulia/turkauliya/ Village · Turkaulia, Purba Champaran # Turkauliya Turkauliya is a village in Turkaulia sub-district of Purba Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **29,704 people in 6,118 households**, the 1st largest of 33 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 50.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 53.6%. - 29,704people (2011) - 6,118households - 50.9%literacy - 906females per 1,000 males ## Turkauliya PIN code and other codes Turkauliya falls in Turkaulia sub-district, Purba Champaran district, Bihar. - Gram panchayatTurkauliya Paschimi, Turkauliya Madhya, Turkauliya Purvi - Community development blockTurkaulia - Census village code218007 Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## How far is Turkauliya from nearby towns? - Turkaulia (sub-district HQ)2 km by road - Motihari (district HQ)10 km by road - Motihari (nearest town)10 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 Turkauliya? 27 services counted by the Census are inside Turkauliya; the rest show the distance to the nearest one. ### In the village - ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private - ●Primary schoolIn village · 15 govt · 3 private - ●Middle schoolIn village · 4 govt · 2 private - ●Secondary schoolIn village · 2 govt - ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 2 govt - ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●TB clinicIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 2 doctors - ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 2 doctors - ●Post officeIn village - ●Mobile phone coverageIn village - ●Public bus serviceIn village - ●State highwayIn village - ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village - ●All-weather roadIn village - ●Commercial bankIn village - ●Agricultural credit societyIn village - ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village - ●Mandi / regular marketIn village - ●Weekly haatIn village - ●Anganwadi centreIn village - ●ASHA health workerIn village - ●Sports fieldIn village - ●Public libraryIn village - ●Polling stationIn village ### Nearest outside - ○Degree college10+ km · Motihari - ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Motihari - ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km - ○Dispensary10+ km - ○Railway station10+ km - ○ATM5–10 km ### Water and power - Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river - Electricity (2011)3 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 Turkauliya known for? The main crops are **maize and vegetable**. About 99% of the 1,881 hectares of village land is sown, and 1,656 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 Turkauliya Of every 100 households in Turkauliya in 2011, 8 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 2 a car. ■ Turkauliya · ■ Turkaulia rural average Electricity for lighting ****8%** **7% Toilet within the home ****17%** **15% No toilet (open defecation) ****83%** **84% Tap water ****3%** **2% Drinking water within premises ****58%** **50% Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%** **5% Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%** **94% Use banking services ****27%** **40% Television ****8%** **9% Mobile phone ****52%** **60% Computer with internet ****0%** **0% Two-wheeler ****7%** **9% Car / jeep / van ****2%** **2% None of these assets ****22%** **15% Own their home ****98%** **98% 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 Turkauliya? ■ Turkauliya · ■ Turkaulia rural average Literacy (age 7+) ****50.9%** **53.6% Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****906** **916 Child sex ratio (0–6) ****880** **923 Working population ****31.6%** **36.0% ### Women and men Literacy is 59.1% for men and 41.8% for women. 45% of men and 16% of women work. ### Who works, and at what ********** **■** Cultivators 1,730 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 2,517 (27%) · **■** Household industry 81 (1%) · **■** Other work 1,396 (15%) · **■** Marginal 3,674 (39%) 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 Turkaulia - Jaisinghpur23,368 people - Sankar Saraiya16,574 people - Raghunathpur12,161 people - Hardia10,595 people [All 34 villages in Turkaulia](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/purba-champaran/turkaulia/villages/) ## Quick answers - How far is Turkauliya from Motihari?10 km by road - What is the population of Turkauliya?29,704 (Census 2011) - Which district is Turkauliya in?Purba Champaran district (Turkaulia sub-district), Bihar - What is the literacy rate of Turkauliya?50.9% (Census 2011)