Village · Purnia East, Purnia
# Mohankunda

Mohankunda is a village in Purnia East sub-district of Purnia district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted 1,656 people in 317 households, the 36th largest of 77 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 41.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 49.6%.
- 1,656 people (2011)
- 317 households
- 41.3% literacy
- 935 females per 1,000 males

## Mohankunda PIN code and other codes

Mohankunda falls in Purnia East sub-district, Purnia district, Bihar.
- Gram panchayat Sikandarpur
- Community development block Purnia East
- Census village code 223503

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

## How far is Mohankunda from nearby towns?
- Purnia East (sub-district HQ) 5 km by road
- Purnia (district HQ) 10 km by road
- Purnia (nearest town) 10 km by road

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

## What facilities are there in Mohankunda?

6 services counted by the Census are inside Mohankunda; 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 10+ km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 5–10 km
- ○ Dispensary 5–10 km
- ○ Post office 5–10 km
- ○ Public bus service 5–10 km
- ○ Railway station under 5 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
- Electricity (2011) 7 h summer · 4 h winter

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

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Mohankunda known for?

The main crops are paddy. About 75% of the 355 hectares of village land is sown, and 80 hectares are irrigated.

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

## Homes and amenities in Mohankunda

Of every 100 households in Mohankunda in 2011, 40 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 66 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Mohankunda · ■ Purnia East rural average
- Electricity for lighting 40% 22%
- Toilet within the home 20% 12%
- No toilet (open defecation) 80% 87%
- Tap water 4% 1%
- Drinking water within premises 5% 50%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 8% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 92% 96%
- Use banking services 30% 22%
- Television 12% 12%
- Mobile phone 66% 33%
- Computer with internet 1% 0%
- Two-wheeler 13% 6%
- Car / jeep / van 3% 1%
- None of these assets 22% 31%
- Own their home 98% 97%

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

## What is the population of Mohankunda?

■ Mohankunda · ■ Purnia East rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 41.3% 49.6%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 935 933
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 905 968
- Working population 28.7% 33.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 44.1% for men and 38.4% for women. 46% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 47 (10%) · ■ Farm labourers 127 (27%) · ■ Household industry 1 (0%) · ■ Other work 15 (3%) · ■ Marginal 285 (60%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Purnia East
- Belwa 1,813 people
- Biarpur 1,803 people
- Ranipatra 1,757 people
- Patilwa 1,660 people
- Mandarpur 1,645 people
- Barhari 1,533 people
- Singhia 1,495 people
- Shekhpura 1,492 people

All 83 villages in Purnia East

## Quick answers
- How far is Mohankunda from Purnia? 10 km by road
- What is the population of Mohankunda? 1,656 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mohankunda in? Purnia district (Purnia East sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Mohankunda? 41.3% (Census 2011)

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