# Chak Arab Village, Desri, Vaishali (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Desri, Vaishali 

# Chak Arab

Chak Arab is a village in Desri sub-district of Vaishali district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **774 people in 132 households**, the 27th largest of 37 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 40.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.5%.

- 774people (2011)
- 132households
- 40.1%literacy
- 925females per 1,000 males

## Chak Arab PIN code and other codes

Chak Arab falls in Desri sub-district, Vaishali district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatUfraul
- Community development blockDesri
- Census village code235978

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

## How far is Chak Arab from nearby towns?

- Desri (sub-district HQ)2 km by road
- Hajipur (district HQ)24 km by road
- Hajipur (nearest town)24 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 Chak Arab?

6 services counted by the Census are inside Chak Arab; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Desari
- ○Degree college10+ km · Hajipur
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Desri
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)1 h summer · 1 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 Chak Arab known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 100% of the 16 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 Chak Arab

Of every 100 households in Chak Arab in 2011, 0 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 13 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chak Arab · ■ Desri rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**4%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**37%

No toilet (open defecation) ****79%**

**60%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**43%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**92%

Use banking services ****25%**

**74%

Television ****3%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****13%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**2%

None of these assets ****64%**

**14%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Chak Arab?

■ Chak Arab · ■ Desri rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****40.1%**

**66.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****925**

**903

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****931**

**904

Working population ****30.5%**

**29.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 46.7% for men and 33.0% for women. 57% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 47 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 97 (41%) · **■** Other work 20 (8%) · **■** Marginal 72 (31%)

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 Desri

- Madhaul Harpur Chand944 people
- Madhaul Khurd881 people
- Rampur Madhaul861 people
- Chandpur Nankar838 people
- Mohammadpur BuzurgUrfLakhanpur755 people
- Lakhanpura696 people
- Dharamdaspur587 people
- Mamrezpur574 people

[All 43 villages in Desri](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/vaishali/desri/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Chak Arab from Hajipur?24 km by road
- What is the population of Chak Arab?774 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chak Arab in?Vaishali district (Desri sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Chak Arab?40.1% (Census 2011)