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

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Village · Dagarua, Purnia 

# Chopra

Chopra is a village in Dagarua sub-district of Purnia district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **808 people in 175 households**, the 79th largest of 140 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 45.6%.

- 808people (2011)
- 175households
- 60.0%literacy
- 883females per 1,000 males

## Chopra PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatBelgachhi
- Community development blockDagarua
- Census village code224236

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

## How far is Chopra from nearby towns?

- Dagarua (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 Chopra?

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

### In the village

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

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Baisi
- ○Degree college10+ km · Purnia
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Purnia
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 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 Chopra known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 57% of the 83 hectares of village land is sown, and 21 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 Chopra

Of every 100 households in Chopra in 2011, 30 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 8 a car.

■ Chopra · ■ Dagarua rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**12%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**91%

Tap water ****2%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**38%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**98%

Use banking services ****36%**

**21%

Television ****10%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****5%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****8%**

**2%

None of these assets ****6%**

**35%

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 Chopra?

■ Chopra · ■ Dagarua rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.0%**

**45.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****883**

**924

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****971**

**975

Working population ****27.4%**

**30.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.9% for men and 49.7% for women. 49% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 20 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 21 (10%) · **■** Other work 5 (2%) · **■** Marginal 175 (79%)

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

- Khikhirmania956 people
- Phulpur949 people
- Gogar Istamrar892 people
- Majhaili880 people
- Kohila778 people
- Ara766 people
- Gobindpur760 people
- Dumra757 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Chopra from Purnia?31 km by road
- What is the population of Chopra?808 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chopra in?Purnia district (Dagarua sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Chopra?60.0% (Census 2011)