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

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Village · Amour, Purnia 

# Rahua

Rahua is a village in Amour sub-district of Purnia district, Bihar, PIN code **854327**. The 2011 Census counted **905 people in 189 households**, the 100th largest of 150 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 36.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 45.2%.

- 905people (2011)
- 189households
- 36.8%literacy
- 854327PIN code

## Rahua PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Rahua is 854327.** Rahua falls in Amour sub-district, Purnia district, Bihar.

- PIN code854327
- Gram panchayatPothia Gangali
- Community development blockAmour
- Census village code223776

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

## How far is Rahua from nearby towns?

- Amour (sub-district HQ)22 km by road
- Purnia (district HQ)60 km by road
- Purnia (nearest town)60 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 Rahua?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Rahua; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●All-weather roadIn 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 · Jalalgarh
- ○Degree college10+ km · Purnia
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Purnia
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds

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 Rahua known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. Products made here include jute rope and sutali. About 79% of the 56 hectares of village land is sown, and 25 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 Rahua

Of every 100 households in Rahua in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 56 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Rahua · ■ Amour rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**3%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**5%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**94%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**21%

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

**0%

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

**99%

Use banking services ****11%**

**16%

Television ****0%**

**2%

Mobile phone ****56%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****22%**

**41%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Rahua?

■ Rahua · ■ Amour rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****36.8%**

**45.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****985**

**917

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1147**

**946

Working population ****25.2%**

**30.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 44.1% for men and 29.0% for women. 48% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 108 (47%) · **■** Farm labourers 100 (44%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 5 (2%) · **■** Marginal 14 (6%)

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

- Jamira1,012 people
- Khunkhuni1,010 people
- Tira965 people
- Deori917 people
- Kolha Mohan896 people
- Basaul878 people
- Andarpur866 people
- Kolsalta859 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Rahua?854327
- How far is Rahua from Purnia?60 km by road
- What is the population of Rahua?905 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rahua in?Purnia district (Amour sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Rahua?36.8% (Census 2011)