# Dansar Village, Dagarua, Purnia (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Dagarua, Purnia 

# Dansar

Dansar is a village in Dagarua sub-district of Purnia district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **3,117 people in 638 households**, the 19th largest of 140 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 42.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 45.6%.

- 3,117people (2011)
- 638households
- 42.8%literacy
- 938females per 1,000 males

## Dansar PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatDariapur
- Community development blockDagarua
- Census village code224185

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

## How far is Dansar from nearby towns?

- Dagarua (sub-district HQ)14 km by road
- Purnia (district HQ)25 km by road
- Purnia (nearest town)25 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 Dansar?

12 services counted by the Census are inside Dansar; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●ITI / vocational schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●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 · Bhakhari
- ○Degree college10+ km · Bhakhari
- ○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 bankunder 5 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 Dansar known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 76% of the 195 hectares of village land is sown, and 41 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 Dansar

Of every 100 households in Dansar in 2011, 9 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Dansar · ■ Dagarua rural average

Electricity for lighting ****9%**

**12%

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

**7%

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

**91%

Tap water ****3%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****50%**

**38%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**98%

Use banking services ****19%**

**21%

Television ****8%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****31%**

**35%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Dansar?

■ Dansar · ■ Dagarua rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****42.8%**

**45.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****938**

**924

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****963**

**975

Working population ****27.4%**

**30.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 50.1% for men and 35.0% for women. 44% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 81 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 475 (56%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 62 (7%) · **■** Marginal 232 (27%)

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

- Nikhrail4,178 people
- Mahalbari3,564 people
- Dariapur3,478 people
- Katari3,257 people
- Makaili3,055 people
- Tauli3,020 people
- Sakma2,904 people
- Gehunia2,897 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Dansar from Purnia?25 km by road
- What is the population of Dansar?3,117 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dansar in?Purnia district (Dagarua sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Dansar?42.8% (Census 2011)