# Azamgarh Village, Baisi, Purnia (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Baisi, Purnia 

# Azamgarh

Azamgarh is a village in Baisi sub-district of Purnia district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,644 people in 285 households**, the 56th largest of 112 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 42.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 41.4%.

- 1,644people (2011)
- 285households
- 42.5%literacy
- 907females per 1,000 males

## Azamgarh PIN code and other codes

Azamgarh falls in Baisi sub-district, Purnia district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatBaisi
- Community development blockBaisi
- Census village code224014

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

## How far is Azamgarh from nearby towns?

- Baisi (sub-district HQ)1 km by road
- Purnia (district HQ)34 km by road
- Purnia (nearest town)34 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 Azamgarh?

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

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 3 private
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Baisi
- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Baisi
- ○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 station5–10 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 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 Azamgarh known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 94% of the 127 hectares of village land is sown, and 88 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 Azamgarh

Of every 100 households in Azamgarh in 2011, 2 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Azamgarh · ■ Baisi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**6%

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

**8%

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

**92%

Tap water ****1%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**32%

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

**1%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****16%**

**20%

Television ****3%**

**3%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****44%**

**44%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Azamgarh?

■ Azamgarh · ■ Baisi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****42.5%**

**41.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****907**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**956

Working population ****24.1%**

**28.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 48.0% for men and 36.3% for women. 40% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 29 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 303 (77%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 16 (4%) · **■** Marginal 47 (12%)

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 Baisi

- Khoksa1,690 people
- Chatian1,676 people
- Kathaul1,673 people
- Mala1,656 people
- Majhua1,640 people
- Majhua Bhag1,609 people
- Marua1,529 people
- Kajal1,499 people

[All 130 villages in Baisi](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/purnia/baisi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Azamgarh from Purnia?34 km by road
- What is the population of Azamgarh?1,644 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Azamgarh in?Purnia district (Baisi sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Azamgarh?42.5% (Census 2011)