# Mahathua Village, Bhawanipur, Purnia (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Bhawanipur, Purnia 

# Mahathua

Mahathua is a village in Bhawanipur sub-district of Purnia district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **133 people in 23 households**, the 62nd largest of 66 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 49.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 47.7%.

- 133people (2011)
- 23households
- 49.5%literacy
- 797females per 1,000 males

## Mahathua PIN code and other codes

Mahathua falls in Bhawanipur sub-district, Purnia district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatSondip Milik
- Community development blockBhawanipur
- Census village code223211

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

## How far is Mahathua from nearby towns?

- Bhawanipur (sub-district HQ)8 km by road
- Purnia (district HQ)55 km by road
- Purnia (nearest town)55 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 Mahathua?

3 services counted by the Census are inside Mahathua; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary school5–10 km · Sondip
- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Bhawanipur
- ○Degree college10+ km · Madhavnagar
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Purnia
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 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 Mahathua known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 70% of the 105 hectares of village land is sown, and 52 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 Mahathua

Of every 100 households in Mahathua in 2011, 0 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 13 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Mahathua · ■ Bhawanipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**2%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**88%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****91%**

**50%

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

**2%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****17%**

**26%

Television ****0%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****13%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****48%**

**30%

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 Mahathua?

■ Mahathua · ■ Bhawanipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****49.5%**

**47.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****797**

**923

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1154**

**967

Working population ****45.9%**

**37.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 65.6% for men and 27.3% for women. 49% of men and 42% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 1 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 34 (56%) · **■** Other work 2 (3%) · **■** Marginal 24 (39%)

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 Bhawanipur

- Khagurail176 people
- Dumra Mahabal Milik159 people
- Kodai Patti151 people
- Birnia Milik135 people
- Mahanth Dina Ram Das115 people
- Bhelwa Band87 people
- Dumra Mahabal51 people
- Bhelwa Milik35 people

[All 88 villages in Bhawanipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/purnia/bhawanipur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Mahathua from Purnia?55 km by road
- What is the population of Mahathua?133 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahathua in?Purnia district (Bhawanipur sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Mahathua?49.5% (Census 2011)