# Chahat Village, Baisi, Purnia (Bihar) – PIN Code & Facilities

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Village · Baisi, Purnia 

# Chahat

Chahat is a village in Baisi sub-district of Purnia district, Bihar, PIN code **845315**. The 2011 Census counted **1,358 people in 253 households**, the 63rd largest of 112 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 37.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 41.4%.

- 1,358people (2011)
- 253households
- 37.5%literacy
- 845315PIN code

## Chahat PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Chahat is 845315.** Chahat falls in Baisi sub-district, Purnia district, Bihar.

- PIN code845315
- Gram panchayatMinapur
- Community development blockBaisi
- Census village code224093

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

## How far is Chahat from nearby towns?

- Baisi (sub-district HQ)31 km by road
- Purnia (district HQ)61 km by road
- Purnia (nearest town)61 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 Chahat?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Purnia East
- ○Degree college10+ km · Purnia
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Purnia
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river

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 Chahat known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 63% of the 163 hectares of village land is sown, and 84 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 Chahat

Of every 100 households in Chahat in 2011, 4 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 11 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chahat · ■ Baisi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****4%**

**6%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**32%

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

**1%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****4%**

**20%

Television ****0%**

**3%

Mobile phone ****11%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****41%**

**44%

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 Chahat?

■ Chahat · ■ Baisi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****37.5%**

**41.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****940**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****907**

**956

Working population ****24.7%**

**28.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 45.2% for men and 29.4% for women. 46% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 151 (45%) · **■** Farm labourers 53 (16%) · **■** Other work 7 (2%) · **■** Marginal 125 (37%)

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

- Marua1,529 people
- Kajal1,499 people
- Majhua1,410 people
- Balia1,375 people
- Garighatta1,313 people
- Lautiabari1,268 people
- Hardas1,241 people
- Bansbari1,235 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Chahat?845315
- How far is Chahat from Purnia?61 km by road
- What is the population of Chahat?1,358 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chahat in?Purnia district (Baisi sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Chahat?37.5% (Census 2011)