# Borhi Village, Barhara, Purnia (Bihar) – PIN Code & Facilities

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Village · Barhara, Purnia 

# Borhi

Borhi is a village in Barhara sub-district of Purnia district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **99 people in 17 households**, the 52nd largest of 53 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 50.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 55.3%.

- 99people (2011)
- 17households
- 50.0%literacy
- 1,062females per 1,000 males

## Borhi PIN code and other codes

Borhi falls in Barhara sub-district, Purnia district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatBarhari
- Community development blockBarhara
- Census village code223111

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

## How far is Borhi from nearby towns?

- Barhara (sub-district HQ)18 km by road
- Purnia (district HQ)50 km by road
- Banmankhi (nearest town)8 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 Borhi?

5 services counted by the Census are inside Borhi; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Nipaniya
- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Barhara
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Dhamdaha
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Purnia
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Public library10+ 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 Borhi known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 60% of the 5 hectares of village land is sown, and 2 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 Borhi

Of every 100 households in Borhi in 2011, 0 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 65 had a mobile phone, 29 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Borhi · ■ Barhara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**4%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**89%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****88%**

**61%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**98%

Use banking services ****18%**

**28%

Television ****6%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****65%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****29%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****0%**

**31%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Borhi?

■ Borhi · ■ Barhara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****50.0%**

**55.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1062**

**912

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****727**

**954

Working population ****32.3%**

**40.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 54.1% for men and 46.5% for women. 48% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**

**■** Marginal 32 (100%)

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 Barhara

- Bithaili Doba Jagir464 people
- Belaganj307 people
- Bairbana152 people
- Gauripur Arazi107 people
- Auraha Chakla1 people

[All 62 villages in Barhara](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/purnia/barhara/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Borhi from Purnia?50 km by road
- What is the population of Borhi?99 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Borhi in?Purnia district (Barhara sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Borhi?50.0% (Census 2011)