# Bochagari Village, Baisa, Purnia (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Baisa, Purnia 

# Bochagari

Bochagari is a village in Baisa sub-district of Purnia district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,512 people in 290 households**, the 55th largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 43.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 43.3%.

- 1,512people (2011)
- 290households
- 43.5%literacy
- 959females per 1,000 males

## Bochagari PIN code and other codes

Bochagari falls in Baisa sub-district, Purnia district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatChanduar
- Community development blockBaisa
- Census village code223864

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

## How far is Bochagari from nearby towns?

- Baisa (sub-district HQ)22 km by road
- Purnia (district HQ)90 km by road
- Kishanganj (nearest town)20 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 Bochagari?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Bochagari; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 2 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 · Kankai
- ○Degree college10+ km · Kishanganj
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Purnia
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 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 Bochagari known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 60% of the 195 hectares of village land is sown, and 81 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 Bochagari

Of every 100 households in Bochagari in 2011, 0 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bochagari · ■ Baisa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**1%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**5%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**94%

Tap water ****0%**

**0%

Drinking water within premises ****61%**

**20%

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

**0%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****22%**

**14%

Television ****0%**

**2%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

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

**40%

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 Bochagari?

■ Bochagari · ■ Baisa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****43.5%**

**43.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****959**

**928

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1057**

**950

Working population ****25.7%**

**28.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 52.8% for men and 33.5% for women. 45% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 141 (36%) · **■** Farm labourers 198 (51%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 25 (6%) · **■** Marginal 24 (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 Baisa

- Ganphalia1,630 people
- Chunamari1,603 people
- Harbhanga1,517 people
- Baliamani1,513 people
- Arhal1,439 people
- Tarabari1,427 people
- Kalthia1,386 people
- Singhari1,368 people

[All 132 villages in Baisa](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/purnia/baisa/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Bochagari from Purnia?90 km by road
- What is the population of Bochagari?1,512 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bochagari in?Purnia district (Baisa sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Bochagari?43.5% (Census 2011)