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

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Village · Amour, Purnia 

# Tira

Tira is a village in Amour sub-district of Purnia district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **965 people in 198 households**, the 98th largest of 150 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 32.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 45.2%.

- 965people (2011)
- 198households
- 32.4%literacy
- 859females per 1,000 males

## Tira PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatBadaidgha
- Community development blockAmour
- Census village code223819

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

## How far is Tira from nearby towns?

- Amour (sub-district HQ)14 km by road
- Purnia (district HQ)30 km by road
- Purnia (nearest town)30 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 Tira?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Tira; 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 school5–10 km · Jhuwari
- ○Degree college10+ km · Kasba
- ○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 station5–10 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, covered wells and hand pumps
- Electricity (2011)10 h summer · 6 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 Tira known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 47% of the 35 hectares of village land is sown, and 9 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 Tira

Of every 100 households in Tira in 2011, 0 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Tira · ■ Amour rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**3%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**5%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**94%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**21%

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

**0%

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

**99%

Use banking services ****4%**

**16%

Television ****4%**

**2%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**0%

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

**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 Tira?

■ Tira · ■ Amour rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****32.4%**

**45.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****859**

**917

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****931**

**946

Working population ****29.5%**

**30.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 38.8% for men and 24.8% for women. 52% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 168 (59%) · **■** Farm labourers 12 (4%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 5 (2%) · **■** Marginal 99 (35%)

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

- Kochaili1,049 people
- Majhua Nankar1,024 people
- Jamira1,012 people
- Khunkhuni1,010 people
- Deori917 people
- Rahua905 people
- Kolha Mohan896 people
- Basaul878 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Tira from Purnia?30 km by road
- What is the population of Tira?965 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tira in?Purnia district (Amour sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Tira?32.4% (Census 2011)