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

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Village · Baisi, Purnia 

# Garighatta

Garighatta is a village in Baisi sub-district of Purnia district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,313 people in 250 households**, the 64th largest of 112 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 16.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 41.4%.

- 1,313people (2011)
- 250households
- 16.4%literacy
- 922females per 1,000 males

## Garighatta PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatKhapara
- Community development blockBaisi
- Census village code223985

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

## How far is Garighatta from nearby towns?

- Baisi (sub-district HQ)11 km by road
- Purnia (district HQ)31 km by road
- Purnia (nearest town)31 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 Garighatta?

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

### In the village

- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Gwalgaoan
- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Purnia
- ○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 service5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ 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 Garighatta known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 68% of the 64 hectares of village land is sown, and 19 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 Garighatta

Of every 100 households in Garighatta in 2011, 0 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 13 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Garighatta · ■ Baisi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**6%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****64%**

**32%

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

**1%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****7%**

**20%

Television ****0%**

**3%

Mobile phone ****13%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****51%**

**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 Garighatta?

■ Garighatta · ■ Baisi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****16.4%**

**41.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****922**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****830**

**956

Working population ****27.3%**

**28.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 22.7% for men and 9.9% for women. 52% of men and 1% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 74 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 86 (24%) · **■** Other work 15 (4%) · **■** Marginal 183 (51%)

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

- Kajal1,499 people
- Majhua1,410 people
- Balia1,375 people
- Chahat1,358 people
- Lautiabari1,268 people
- Hardas1,241 people
- Bansbari1,235 people
- Chauni1,231 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Garighatta from Purnia?31 km by road
- What is the population of Garighatta?1,313 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Garighatta in?Purnia district (Baisi sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Garighatta?16.4% (Census 2011)