# Bhakhri Village, Dagarua, Purnia (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Dagarua, Purnia 

# Bhakhri

Bhakhri is a village in Dagarua sub-district of Purnia district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **140 people in 28 households**, the 134th largest of 140 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 35.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 45.6%.

- 140people (2011)
- 28households
- 35.8%literacy
- 795females per 1,000 males

## Bhakhri PIN code and other codes

Bhakhri falls in Dagarua sub-district, Purnia district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatAdhkaili
- Community development blockDagarua
- Census village code224148

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

## How far is Bhakhri from nearby towns?

- Dagarua (sub-district HQ)14 km by road
- Purnia (district HQ)30 km by road
- Purnia (nearest town)30 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 Bhakhri?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Bhakhri; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn 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
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps 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 Bhakhri known for?

The main crops are **wheat, paddy and jute**. About 42% of the 49 hectares of village land is sown, and 6 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 Bhakhri

Of every 100 households in Bhakhri in 2011, 20 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Bhakhri · ■ Dagarua rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**12%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**38%

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

**1%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****4%**

**21%

Television ****3%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

None of these assets ****23%**

**35%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Bhakhri?

■ Bhakhri · ■ Dagarua rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****35.8%**

**45.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****795**

**924

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****824**

**975

Working population ****30.7%**

**30.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 34.4% for men and 37.5% for women. 53% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 1 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 7 (16%) · **■** Other work 6 (14%) · **■** Marginal 29 (67%)

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 Dagarua

- Pokharia200 people
- Lauria187 people
- Sahawa181 people
- Rampur145 people
- Jhauwa134 people
- Shekhpura59 people
- Pokharia58 people
- Dargahiganj32 people

[All 154 villages in Dagarua](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/purnia/dagarua/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Bhakhri from Purnia?30 km by road
- What is the population of Bhakhri?140 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhakhri in?Purnia district (Dagarua sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Bhakhri?35.8% (Census 2011)