# Pachua Village, Ekma, Saran (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Ekma, Saran 

# Pachua

Pachua is a village in Ekma sub-district of Saran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **4,892 people in 784 households**, the 10th largest of 92 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.0%.

- 4,892people (2011)
- 784households
- 66.9%literacy
- 989females per 1,000 males

## Pachua PIN code and other codes

Pachua falls in Ekma sub-district, Saran district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatPachuaa
- Community development blockEkma
- Census village code233315

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

## How far is Pachua from nearby towns?

- Ekma (sub-district HQ)10 km by road
- Chhapra (district HQ)45 km by road
- Chapra (nearest town)37 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 Pachua?

12 services counted by the Census are inside Pachua; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn 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 school5–10 km · Parsa
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Ekma
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Maraurah
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)10 h summer · 10 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 Pachua known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 34% of the 373 hectares of village land is sown, and 120 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 Pachua

Of every 100 households in Pachua in 2011, 1 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 80 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Pachua · ■ Ekma rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**8%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****81%**

**78%

Tap water ****1%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****50%**

**68%

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

**6%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****71%**

**68%

Television ****10%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****80%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**12%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****7%**

**15%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Pachua?

■ Pachua · ■ Ekma rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.9%**

**71.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****989**

**986

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****835**

**925

Working population ****21.8%**

**23.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.6% for men and 53.5% for women. 40% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 274 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 82 (8%) · **■** Marginal 710 (66%)

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 Ekma

- Banpura5,265 people
- Atarsan5,197 people
- hansrajpur5,070 people
- Mani4,979 people
- Nautan3,938 people
- Karanpura3,866 people
- Rampur3,611 people
- Chhitraulia3,515 people

[All 93 villages in Ekma](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/saran/ekma/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Pachua from Chhapra?45 km by road
- What is the population of Pachua?4,892 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pachua in?Saran district (Ekma sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Pachua?66.9% (Census 2011)