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

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Village · Amour, Purnia 

# Rathour

Rathour is a village in Amour sub-district of Purnia district, Bihar, PIN code **854327**. The 2011 Census counted **4,480 people in 950 households**, the 13th largest of 150 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 38.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 45.2%.

- 4,480people (2011)
- 950households
- 38.7%literacy
- 854327PIN code

## Rathour PIN code and other codes

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

- PIN code854327
- Gram panchayatKharhia
- Community development blockAmour
- Census village code223745

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

## How far is Rathour from nearby towns?

- Amour (sub-district HQ)13 km by road
- Purnia (district HQ)67 km by road
- Purnia (nearest town)67 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 Rathour?

11 services counted by the Census are inside Rathour; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●ITI / vocational schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●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 school5–10 km · Baisa
- ○Degree college10+ km · Purnia
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)10 h summer · 3 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 Rathour known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. Products made here include jute rope and sutali. About 82% of the 368 hectares of village land is sown, and 110 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 Rathour

Of every 100 households in Rathour in 2011, 0 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Rathour · ■ Amour rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**3%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**5%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**94%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**21%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**99%

Use banking services ****9%**

**16%

Television ****2%**

**2%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**0%

None of these assets ****49%**

**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 Rathour?

■ Rathour · ■ Amour rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****38.7%**

**45.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****886**

**917

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****834**

**946

Working population ****28.5%**

**30.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 47.7% for men and 28.7% for women. 47% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 235 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 814 (64%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 115 (9%) · **■** Marginal 107 (8%)

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

- Dolmalpur4,939 people
- Adhang4,863 people
- Baraili4,667 people
- Belka4,501 people
- Dahuabari4,354 people
- Rangamati4,195 people
- Mahingaon4,058 people
- Parsarai4,031 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Rathour?854327
- How far is Rathour from Purnia?67 km by road
- What is the population of Rathour?4,480 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rathour in?Purnia district (Amour sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Rathour?38.7% (Census 2011)
