Village · Purnia East, Purnia
# Dagarua

Dagarua is a village in Purnia East sub-district of Purnia district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted 1,080 people in 186 households, the 43rd largest of 77 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 45.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 49.6%.
- 1,080 people (2011)
- 186 households
- 45.4% literacy
- 967 females per 1,000 males

## Dagarua PIN code and other codes

Dagarua falls in Purnia East sub-district, Purnia district, Bihar.
- Gram panchayat Sikandarpur
- Community development block Purnia East
- Census village code 223499

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## How far is Dagarua from nearby towns?
- Purnia East (sub-district HQ) 7 km by road
- Purnia (district HQ) 15 km by road
- Purnia (nearest town) 15 km by road

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## What facilities are there in Dagarua?

6 services counted by the Census are inside Dagarua; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Primary school In village · 1 govt
- ● Pucca (black-topped) road In village
- ● Ration (PDS) shop In village
- ● Mandi / regular market In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● Polling station In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school 5–10 km · Gulabbag
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Purnia East
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Purnia
- ○ Primary health centre under 5 km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km
- ○ Dispensary 5–10 km
- ○ Post office 5–10 km
- ○ Public bus service 5–10 km
- ○ Railway station 5–10 km
- ○ ATM 10+ km
- ○ Commercial bank 5–10 km
- ○ Public library 5–10 km

### Water and power
- Drinking water hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Dagarua known for?

The main crops are paddy. About 59% of the 63 hectares of village land is sown, and 15 hectares are irrigated.

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## Homes and amenities in Dagarua

Of every 100 households in Dagarua in 2011, 14 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dagarua · ■ Purnia East rural average
- Electricity for lighting 14% 22%
- Toilet within the home 2% 12%
- No toilet (open defecation) 98% 87%
- Tap water 0% 1%
- Drinking water within premises 73% 50%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 96%
- Use banking services 8% 22%
- Television 0% 12%
- Mobile phone 46% 33%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 0% 6%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 34% 31%
- Own their home 99% 97%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Dagarua?

■ Dagarua · ■ Purnia East rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 45.4% 49.6%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 967 933
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 932 968
- Working population 29.4% 33.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 51.7% for men and 39.1% for women. 42% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 26 (8%) · ■ Farm labourers 17 (5%) · ■ Household industry 6 (2%) · ■ Other work 81 (25%) · ■ Marginal 188 (59%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Purnia East
- Singhia 1,495 people
- Shekhpura 1,492 people
- Dhanganwan 1,466 people
- Raipur Ranipatra 1,270 people
- Nagdehi 1,015 people
- Dilia Hasanabad 973 people
- Bhatoria 952 people
- Dimia Chhatarjan 932 people

All 83 villages in Purnia East

## Quick answers
- How far is Dagarua from Purnia? 15 km by road
- What is the population of Dagarua? 1,080 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dagarua in? Purnia district (Purnia East sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Dagarua? 45.4% (Census 2011)

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