# Bijar Village, Kuchai, Saraikela-Kharsawan (Jharkhand)

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Village · Kuchai, Saraikela-Kharsawan 

# Bijar

Bijar is a village in Kuchai sub-district of Saraikela-Kharsawan district, Jharkhand, PIN code **833216**. The 2011 Census counted **1,032 people in 223 households**, the 19th largest of 99 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 34.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 53.0%.

- 1,032people (2011)
- 223households
- 34.8%literacy
- 833216PIN code

## Bijar PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Bijar is 833216.** Bijar falls in Kuchai sub-district, Saraikela-Kharsawan district, Jharkhand.

- PIN code833216
- Gram panchayatSamudih
- Community development blockKuchai
- Census village code378604

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

## How far is Bijar from nearby towns?

- Kuchai (sub-district HQ)16 km by road
- Seraikela-Kharsawan (district HQ)39 km by road
- Seraikela (nearest town)27 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 Bijar?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Bijar; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Internet / Common Service CentreIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Kharswana
- ○Degree college10+ km · Saraikela
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Kharsawana
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes

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 Bijar known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 44% of the 1,006 hectares of village land is sown.

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

## Homes and amenities in Bijar

Of every 100 households in Bijar in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 6 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bijar · ■ Kuchai rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**20%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**2%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**96%

Tap water ****25%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**3%

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

**0%

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

**100%

Use banking services ****43%**

**60%

Television ****1%**

**5%

Mobile phone ****6%**

**17%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**25%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Bijar?

■ Bijar · ■ Kuchai rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****34.8%**

**53.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1068**

**983

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1305**

**946

Working population ****48.1%**

**50.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 44.8% for men and 24.9% for women. 58% of men and 39% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 115 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 48 (10%) · **■** Other work 3 (1%) · **■** Marginal 330 (67%)

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 Kuchai

- Pandakata1,238 people
- Chotasegoi1,142 people
- Ruchab1,100 people
- Meromjanga1,086 people
- Noagaon1,013 people
- Gomiadih1,005 people
- Kunjadih981 people
- Barachakri963 people

[All 100 villages in Kuchai](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/saraikela-kharsawan/kuchai/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Bijar?833216
- How far is Bijar from Seraikela-Kharsawan?39 km by road
- What is the population of Bijar?1,032 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bijar in?Saraikela-Kharsawan district (Kuchai sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Bijar?34.8% (Census 2011)