# Mahingaon Village, Amour, Purnia (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Amour, Purnia 

# Mahingaon

Mahingaon is a village in Amour sub-district of Purnia district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **4,058 people in 830 households**, the 16th largest of 150 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 45.2%.

- 4,058people (2011)
- 830households
- 52.8%literacy
- 919females per 1,000 males

## Mahingaon PIN code and other codes

Mahingaon falls in Amour sub-district, Purnia district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatKhari Mahingaon
- Community development blockAmour
- Census village code223836

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

## How far is Mahingaon from nearby towns?

- Amour (sub-district HQ)17 km by road
- Purnia (district HQ)56 km by road
- Purnia (nearest town)56 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 Mahingaon?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Mahingaon; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Purnia East
- ○Degree college10+ km · Purnia
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Purnia
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes

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 Mahingaon known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. Products made here include jute rope and sutali. About 71% of the 172 hectares of village land is sown, and 57 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 Mahingaon

Of every 100 households in Mahingaon in 2011, 0 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 14 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Mahingaon · ■ Amour rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**3%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**5%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**94%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**21%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**99%

Use banking services ****25%**

**16%

Television ****1%**

**2%

Mobile phone ****14%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****54%**

**41%

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 Mahingaon?

■ Mahingaon · ■ Amour rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****52.8%**

**45.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****919**

**917

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1064**

**946

Working population ****24.4%**

**30.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.0% for men and 40.0% for women. 44% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 223 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 371 (37%) · **■** Household industry 34 (3%) · **■** Other work 157 (16%) · **■** Marginal 205 (21%)

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 Amour

- Belka4,501 people
- Rathour4,480 people
- Dahuabari4,354 people
- Rangamati4,195 people
- Parsarai4,031 people
- Haripur3,855 people
- Sahangaon3,779 people
- Maitra3,690 people

[All 162 villages in Amour](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/purnia/amour/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Mahingaon from Purnia?56 km by road
- What is the population of Mahingaon?4,058 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahingaon in?Purnia district (Amour sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Mahingaon?52.8% (Census 2011)