# Pakaria Village, Kasba, Purnia (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Kasba, Purnia 

# Pakaria

Pakaria is a village in Kasba sub-district of Purnia district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,305 people in 271 households**, the 41st largest of 59 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 49.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 46.7%.

- 1,305people (2011)
- 271households
- 49.8%literacy
- 889females per 1,000 males

## Pakaria PIN code and other codes

Pakaria falls in Kasba sub-district, Purnia district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatSanjheli
- Community development blockKasba
- Census village code223604

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

## How far is Pakaria from nearby towns?

- Kasba (sub-district HQ)11 km by road
- Purnia (district HQ)18 km by road
- Kasba (nearest town)11 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 Pakaria?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn 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 · Kasba
- ○Degree college10+ km · Purnia
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Purnia
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office10+ 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
- Electricity (2011)10 h summer · 4 h winter

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 Pakaria known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 52% of the 81 hectares of village land is sown, and 31 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 Pakaria

Of every 100 households in Pakaria in 2011, 14 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Pakaria · ■ Kasba rural average

Electricity for lighting ****14%**

**15%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**89%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****46%**

**50%

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

**1%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****0%**

**19%

Television ****0%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****44%**

**30%

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 Pakaria?

■ Pakaria · ■ Kasba rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****49.8%**

**46.7%

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

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****927**

**965

Working population ****37.1%**

**31.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 59.7% for men and 38.4% for women. 47% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 31 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 448 (93%) · **■** Other work 2 (0%) · **■** Marginal 3 (1%)

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 Kasba

- Tikapur1,570 people
- Saraunchia1,510 people
- Saraunchia1,416 people
- Kanwapara1,388 people
- Jalkar1,191 people
- Sara Bathana1,151 people
- Phul Banaili1,142 people
- Badla1,111 people

[All 61 villages in Kasba](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/purnia/kasba/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Pakaria from Purnia?18 km by road
- What is the population of Pakaria?1,305 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pakaria in?Purnia district (Kasba sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Pakaria?49.8% (Census 2011)