# Dahad Village, Sonbarsa, Saharsa (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Sonbarsa, Saharsa 

# Dahad

Dahad is a village in Sonbarsa sub-district of Saharsa district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **4,996 people in 1,002 households**, the 15th largest of 59 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 48.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 52.4%.

- 4,996people (2011)
- 1,002households
- 48.9%literacy
- 1,003females per 1,000 males

## Dahad PIN code and other codes

Dahad falls in Sonbarsa sub-district, Saharsa district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatDehad
- Community development blockSonbarsa
- Census village code226537

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

## How far is Dahad from nearby towns?

- Sonbarsa (sub-district HQ)2 km by road
- Saharsa (district HQ)35 km by road
- Saharasa (nearest town)35 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 Dahad?

14 services counted by the Census are inside Dahad; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Sonbarsa
- ○Degree college10+ km · Saharsa
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Saharsa
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)4 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 Dahad known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 88% of the 388 hectares of village land is sown, and 159 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 Dahad

Of every 100 households in Dahad in 2011, 4 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dahad · ■ Sonbarsa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****4%**

**3%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**88%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****34%**

**54%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**97%

Use banking services ****28%**

**44%

Television ****6%**

**4%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****55%**

**40%

Own their home ****99%**

**99%

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 Dahad?

■ Dahad · ■ Sonbarsa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****48.9%**

**52.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1003**

**916

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****952**

**937

Working population ****30.3%**

**33.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 58.3% for men and 39.7% for women. 44% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 303 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 419 (28%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 136 (9%) · **■** Marginal 655 (43%)

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 Sonbarsa

- Baraith6,067 people
- Mokma5,959 people
- Barsam5,089 people
- Atlakha5,056 people
- Behta4,852 people
- Gonram4,783 people
- Barahi4,768 people
- Amirta4,722 people

[All 59 villages in Sonbarsa](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/saharsa/sonbarsa/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Dahad from Saharsa?35 km by road
- What is the population of Dahad?4,996 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dahad in?Saharsa district (Sonbarsa sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Dahad?48.9% (Census 2011)