# Jafrabad Village, Desri, Vaishali (Bihar) – PIN Code > Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/vaishali/desri/jafrabad/ Village · Desri, Vaishali # Jafrabad Jafrabad is a village in Desri sub-district of Vaishali district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **2,498 people in 460 households**, the 15th largest of 37 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 66.5%. - 2,498people (2011) - 460households - 68.0%literacy - 800females per 1,000 males ## Jafrabad PIN code and other codes Jafrabad falls in Desri sub-district, Vaishali district, Bihar. - Gram panchayatZafrabad - Community development blockDesri - Census village code235979 Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## How far is Jafrabad from nearby towns? - Desri (sub-district HQ)2 km by road - Hajipur (district HQ)23 km by road - Hajipur (nearest town)23 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 Jafrabad? 11 services counted by the Census are inside Jafrabad; the rest show the distance to the nearest one. ### In the village - ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt - ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 - ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 - ●Mobile phone coverageIn village - ●State highwayIn village - ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village - ●All-weather roadIn village - ●Agricultural credit societyIn village - ●Anganwadi centreIn village - ●Community centreIn village - ●Polling stationIn village ### Nearest outside - ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Desari - ○Degree college10+ km · Hajipur - ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Desri - ○Primary health centreunder 5 km - ○Allopathic hospital10+ km - ○Dispensary10+ km - ○Post officeunder 5 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 Jafrabad known for? The main crops are **paddy**. About 60% of the 166 hectares of village land is sown, and 75 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 Jafrabad Of every 100 households in Jafrabad in 2011, 1 had electricity, 26 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 63 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 2 a car. ■ Jafrabad · ■ Desri rural average Electricity for lighting ****1%** **4% Toilet within the home ****26%** **37% No toilet (open defecation) ****74%** **60% Tap water ****0%** **2% Drinking water within premises ****40%** **43% Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%** **6% Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%** **92% Use banking services ****78%** **74% Television ****17%** **18% Mobile phone ****63%** **68% Computer with internet ****0%** **0% Two-wheeler ****10%** **9% Car / jeep / van ****2%** **2% None of these assets ****19%** **14% Own their home ****98%** **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 Jafrabad? ■ Jafrabad · ■ Desri rural average Literacy (age 7+) ****68.0%** **66.5% Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****800** **903 Child sex ratio (0–6) ****877** **904 Working population ****34.1%** **29.4% ### Women and men Literacy is 75.4% for men and 58.7% for women. 46% of men and 20% of women work. ### Who works, and at what ********** **■** Cultivators 168 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 446 (52%) · **■** Household industry 53 (6%) · **■** Other work 81 (10%) · **■** Marginal 103 (12%) 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 - Ghazipur Garahi2,909 people - Rampur Kichni2,892 people - Panapur Raghunath2,631 people - Kharkpur Urf Saifabad2,529 people - Khurrampur2,497 people - Lakhanpura2,290 people - Khoksa Buzurg1,863 people - Madhopur Gajpati1,566 people [All 43 villages in Desri](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/vaishali/desri/villages/) ## Quick answers - How far is Jafrabad from Hajipur?23 km by road - What is the population of Jafrabad?2,498 (Census 2011) - Which district is Jafrabad in?Vaishali district (Desri sub-district), Bihar - What is the literacy rate of Jafrabad?68.0% (Census 2011)