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

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Village · Ekma, Saran 

# Safari

Safari is a village in Ekma sub-district of Saran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,529 people in 230 households**, the 45th largest of 92 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.0%.

- 1,529people (2011)
- 230households
- 75.3%literacy
- 883females per 1,000 males

## Safari PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatRampur Bindalal
- Community development blockEkma
- Census village code233331

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

## How far is Safari from nearby towns?

- Ekma (sub-district HQ)6 km by road
- Chhapra (district HQ)35 km by road
- Chapra (nearest town)36 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 Safari?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Safari; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Ekma
- ○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
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tanks / ponds

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 Safari known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 55% of the 192 hectares of village land is sown, and 90 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 Safari

Of every 100 households in Safari in 2011, 0 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 14 cooked with LPG; 84 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Safari · ■ Ekma rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**8%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**78%

Tap water ****1%**

**3%

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

**68%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****14%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****85%**

**93%

Use banking services ****84%**

**68%

Television ****6%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****84%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**12%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****2%**

**15%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Safari?

■ Safari · ■ Ekma rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.3%**

**71.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****883**

**986

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****800**

**925

Working population ****25.6%**

**23.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.5% for men and 59.5% for women. 46% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 110 (28%) · **■** Household industry 9 (2%) · **■** Other work 35 (9%) · **■** Marginal 238 (61%)

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

- Tesuar1,690 people
- Banwari Amnaur1,674 people
- Senduar1,663 people
- Harpur1,550 people
- Jogia1,502 people
- Gangwa1,490 people
- Phuchti Khurd1,483 people
- Madhopur1,415 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Safari from Chhapra?35 km by road
- What is the population of Safari?1,529 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Safari in?Saran district (Ekma sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Safari?75.3% (Census 2011)