# Dharipur Village, Dighwara, Saran (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Dighwara, Saran 

# Dharipur

Dharipur is a village in Dighwara sub-district of Saran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,487 people in 228 households**, the 24th largest of 34 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.3%.

- 1,487people (2011)
- 228households
- 62.0%literacy
- 859females per 1,000 males

## Dharipur PIN code and other codes

Dharipur falls in Dighwara sub-district, Saran district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatHaraji
- Community development blockDighwara
- Census village code234463

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

## How far is Dharipur from nearby towns?

- Dighwara (sub-district HQ)6 km by road
- Chhapra (district HQ)27 km by road
- Dighwara (nearest town)4 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 Dharipur?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Dharipur; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Danapur
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Dighwara
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Chapra
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps

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 Dharipur known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 60% of the 36 hectares of village land is sown, and 16 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 Dharipur

Of every 100 households in Dharipur in 2011, 44 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Dharipur · ■ Dighwara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**33%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**25%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**74%

Tap water ****1%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****53%**

**60%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**88%

Use banking services ****70%**

**60%

Television ****33%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**61%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**9%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****20%**

**16%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Dharipur?

■ Dharipur · ■ Dighwara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.0%**

**66.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****859**

**921

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****819**

**905

Working population ****23.5%**

**27.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.7% for men and 49.6% for women. 41% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 39 (11%) · **■** Marginal 309 (89%)

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 Dighwara

- Batrauli1,742 people
- Una Chak1,598 people
- Kesarpur1,574 people
- Pakauliya1,532 people
- Ahiman Patti1,293 people
- Parsotimpur1,287 people
- Baqarpur1,083 people
- Parsotimpur923 people

[All 46 villages in Dighwara](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/saran/dighwara/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Dharipur from Chhapra?27 km by road
- What is the population of Dharipur?1,487 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dharipur in?Saran district (Dighwara sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Dharipur?62.0% (Census 2011)