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

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Village · Dagarua, Purnia 

# Gehunia

Gehunia is a village in Dagarua sub-district of Purnia district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **2,897 people in 560 households**, the 23rd largest of 140 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 45.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 45.6%.

- 2,897people (2011)
- 560households
- 45.8%literacy
- 903females per 1,000 males

## Gehunia PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatMakaili
- Community development blockDagarua
- Census village code224237

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

## How far is Gehunia from nearby towns?

- Dagarua (sub-district HQ)10 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 Gehunia?

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

### In the village

- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Chopra
- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Baisi
- ○Degree college10+ km · Purnia
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Purnia
- ○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 bank5–10 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 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 Gehunia known for?

The main crops are **corn, wheat and paddy**. About 82% of the 514 hectares of village land is sown, and 125 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 Gehunia

Of every 100 households in Gehunia in 2011, 8 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Gehunia · ■ Dagarua rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**12%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****19%**

**38%

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

**1%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****20%**

**21%

Television ****6%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****30%**

**35%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Gehunia?

■ Gehunia · ■ Dagarua rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****45.8%**

**45.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****903**

**924

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****957**

**975

Working population ****27.4%**

**30.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 54.4% for men and 36.2% for women. 47% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 64 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 46 (6%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 36 (5%) · **■** Marginal 644 (81%)

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

- Dansar3,117 people
- Makaili3,055 people
- Tauli3,020 people
- Sakma2,904 people
- Maranga2,757 people
- Kachna2,748 people
- Mahesh khunt2,697 people
- Kochali2,683 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Gehunia from Purnia?30 km by road
- What is the population of Gehunia?2,897 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gehunia in?Purnia district (Dagarua sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Gehunia?45.8% (Census 2011)