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

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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%.

- 1,080people (2011)
- 186households
- 45.4%literacy
- 967females per 1,000 males

## Dagarua PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatSikandarpur
- Community development blockPurnia East
- Census village code223499

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

## 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](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## 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 schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Gulabbag
- ○Degree college10+ km · Purnia East
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Purnia
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 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 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 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](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## 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)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## 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](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Purnia East

- Singhia1,495 people
- Shekhpura1,492 people
- Dhanganwan1,466 people
- Raipur Ranipatra1,270 people
- Nagdehi1,015 people
- Dilia Hasanabad973 people
- Bhatoria952 people
- Dimia Chhatarjan932 people

[All 83 villages in Purnia East](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/purnia/purnia-east/villages/)

## 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)