# Balthari Village, Kochas, Rohtas (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Kochas, Rohtas 

# Balthari

Balthari is a village in Kochas sub-district of Rohtas district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **3,590 people in 580 households**, the 4th largest of 148 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.2%.

- 3,590people (2011)
- 580households
- 64.3%literacy
- 901females per 1,000 males

## Balthari PIN code and other codes

Balthari falls in Kochas sub-district, Rohtas district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatBalthari
- Community development blockKochas
- Census village code250717

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

## How far is Balthari from nearby towns?

- Kochas (sub-district HQ)4 km by road
- Sasaram (district HQ)28 km by road
- Sasaram (nearest town)28 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 Balthari?

19 services counted by the Census are inside Balthari; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Commercial bankIn village
- ●Cooperative bankIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Kapasia
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Khaira
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Gaya
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)5 h summer · 5 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 Balthari known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 77% of the 523 hectares of village land is sown, and 282 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 Balthari

Of every 100 households in Balthari in 2011, 13 had electricity, 25 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 67 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Balthari · ■ Kochas rural average

Electricity for lighting ****13%**

**15%

Toilet within the home ****25%**

**26%

No toilet (open defecation) ****75%**

**74%

Tap water ****1%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****65%**

**83%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**91%

Use banking services ****62%**

**51%

Television ****15%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****67%**

**71%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**11%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****27%**

**18%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Balthari?

■ Balthari · ■ Kochas rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.3%**

**75.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****901**

**916

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****924**

**922

Working population ****26.0%**

**27.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.5% for men and 55.1% for women. 43% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 255 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 195 (21%) · **■** Other work 51 (5%) · **■** Marginal 432 (46%)

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 Kochas

- Kochas21,597 people
- Kuchhila6,269 people
- Parsathua4,762 people
- Narwar3,561 people
- Naua3,348 people
- Gara3,280 people
- Kapasia2,855 people

[All 191 villages in Kochas](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/rohtas/kochas/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Balthari from Sasaram?28 km by road
- What is the population of Balthari?3,590 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balthari in?Rohtas district (Kochas sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Balthari?64.3% (Census 2011)