# Rahata Village, Baisa, Purnia (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Baisa, Purnia 

# Rahata

Rahata is a village in Baisa sub-district of Purnia district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **520 people in 93 households**, the 94th largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 31.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 43.3%.

- 520people (2011)
- 93households
- 31.5%literacy
- 926females per 1,000 males

## Rahata PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatRaiber
- Community development blockBaisa
- Census village code223889

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

## How far is Rahata from nearby towns?

- Baisa (sub-district HQ)10 km by road
- Purnia (district HQ)54 km by road
- Purnia (nearest town)54 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 Rahata?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Rahata; 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 · Amaur
- ○Degree college10+ km · Purnia
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Purnia
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 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 Rahata known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 63% of the 55 hectares of village land is sown, and 24 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 Rahata

Of every 100 households in Rahata in 2011, 0 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Rahata · ■ Baisa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**1%

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

**5%

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

**94%

Tap water ****1%**

**0%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**20%

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

**0%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****15%**

**14%

Television ****4%**

**2%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****46%**

**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 Rahata?

■ Rahata · ■ Baisa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****31.5%**

**43.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****926**

**928

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1362**

**950

Working population ****22.1%**

**28.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 34.1% for men and 28.5% for women. 40% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 37 (32%) · **■** Farm labourers 57 (50%) · **■** Household industry 4 (3%) · **■** Other work 13 (11%) · **■** Marginal 4 (3%)

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

- Hijli593 people
- Phero Pokharia565 people
- Mahalbari561 people
- Mahesh Khunt553 people
- Dharambari468 people
- Kanimaldahi460 people
- Malhara444 people
- Hatuabhana440 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Rahata from Purnia?54 km by road
- What is the population of Rahata?520 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rahata in?Purnia district (Baisa sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Rahata?31.5% (Census 2011)