# Gandar Village, Taraiya, Saran (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Taraiya, Saran 

# Gandar

Gandar is a village in Taraiya sub-district of Saran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,339 people in 184 households**, the 41st largest of 72 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 61.8%.

- 1,339people (2011)
- 184households
- 58.0%literacy
- 955females per 1,000 males

## Gandar PIN code and other codes

Gandar falls in Taraiya sub-district, Saran district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatTaraiya
- Community development blockTaraiya
- Census village code232977

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

## How far is Gandar from nearby towns?

- Taraiya (sub-district HQ)3 km by road
- Chhapra (district HQ)42 km by road
- Marhaura (nearest town)13 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 Gandar?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 2 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●ATMIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Debriya
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Amnour
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Maraurah
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and canal / river

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 Gandar known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 83% of the 83 hectares of village land is sown, and 18 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 Gandar

Of every 100 households in Gandar in 2011, 1 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 68 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Gandar · ■ Taraiya rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**4%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****68%**

**57%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**97%

Use banking services ****73%**

**56%

Television ****4%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****68%**

**61%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**1%

None of these assets ****3%**

**16%

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 Gandar?

■ Gandar · ■ Taraiya rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.0%**

**61.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****955**

**975

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****878**

**926

Working population ****24.5%**

**27.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.0% for men and 41.6% for women. 34% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 4 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 161 (49%) · **■** Other work 15 (5%) · **■** Marginal 148 (45%)

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 Taraiya

- khairati1,463 people
- Chandpura1,455 people
- Harakhpur1,414 people
- manjhopur1,348 people
- Murlipur1,312 people
- Deuria1,284 people
- Molnapur1,218 people
- Rampur Kesho1,133 people

[All 86 villages in Taraiya](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/saran/taraiya/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Gandar from Chhapra?42 km by road
- What is the population of Gandar?1,339 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gandar in?Saran district (Taraiya sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Gandar?58.0% (Census 2011)