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

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Village · Dagarua, Purnia 

# Marchai

Marchai is a village in Dagarua sub-district of Purnia district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **529 people in 118 households**, the 103rd largest of 140 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 45.6%.

- 529people (2011)
- 118households
- 52.0%literacy
- 889females per 1,000 males

## Marchai PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatChanpi
- Community development blockDagarua
- Census village code224137

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

## How far is Marchai from nearby towns?

- Dagarua (sub-district HQ)7 km by road
- Purnia (district HQ)23 km by road
- Purnia (nearest town)23 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 Marchai?

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

### In the village

- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary school5–10 km · Dhanuk Tola
- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Dagarua
- ○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
- ○ATMunder 5 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 Marchai known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 81% of the 103 hectares of village land is sown, and 26 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 Marchai

Of every 100 households in Marchai in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Marchai · ■ Dagarua rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**12%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****90%**

**38%

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

**1%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****17%**

**21%

Television ****1%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****49%**

**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 Marchai?

■ Marchai · ■ Dagarua rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****52.0%**

**45.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****889**

**924

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1038**

**975

Working population ****29.7%**

**30.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 65.8% for men and 35.9% for women. 51% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 68 (43%) · **■** Farm labourers 44 (28%) · **■** Other work 2 (1%) · **■** Marginal 43 (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

- Babhanpura561 people
- Majgawan560 people
- Gogar553 people
- Teghra547 people
- Bahadurpur505 people
- Harahi469 people
- Chatra464 people
- Tengri456 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Marchai from Purnia?23 km by road
- What is the population of Marchai?529 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Marchai in?Purnia district (Dagarua sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Marchai?52.0% (Census 2011)