# Arawa Purohitan Village, Pachpadra, Barmer (Rajasthan)

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Village · Pachpadra, Barmer 

# Arawa Purohitan

Arawa Purohitan is a village in Pachpadra sub-district of Barmer district, Rajasthan, PIN code **344026**. The 2011 Census counted **262 people in 39 households**, the 258th largest of 277 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 50.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 57.3%.

- 262people (2011)
- 39households
- 50.7%literacy
- 344026PIN code

## Arawa Purohitan PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Arawa Purohitan is 344026.** Arawa Purohitan falls in Pachpadra sub-district, Barmer district, Rajasthan.

- PIN code344026
- Community development blockBalotra
- Census village code087508

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

## How far is Arawa Purohitan from nearby towns?

- Pachpadra (sub-district HQ)55 km by road
- Barmer (district HQ)165 km by road
- Balotra (nearest town)55 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 Arawa Purohitan?

1 services counted by the Census are inside Arawa Purohitan; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Araba Dhoodhawanta
- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Kalyanpur
- ○Degree college10+ km · Jodhpur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Jodhpur
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watercovered wells
- Electricity (2011)15 h summer · 20 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 Arawa Purohitan known for?

The main crops are **bajara, mung and guar**. About 81% of the 327 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 Arawa Purohitan

Of every 100 households in Arawa Purohitan in 2011, 0 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 16 cooked with LPG; 89 had a mobile phone, 26 a two-wheeler and 10 a car.

■ Arawa Purohitan · ■ Pachpadra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**87%

Tap water ****0%**

**21%

Drinking water within premises ****92%**

**10%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****16%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****84%**

**92%

Use banking services ****79%**

**70%

Television ****3%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****89%**

**65%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****26%**

**11%

Car / jeep / van ****10%**

**6%

None of these assets ****8%**

**29%

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 Arawa Purohitan?

■ Arawa Purohitan · ■ Pachpadra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****50.7%**

**57.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****912**

**921

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****767**

**901

Working population ****48.9%**

**45.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.6% for men and 37.3% for women. 46% of men and 52% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 102 (80%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (2%) · **■** Household industry 7 (5%) · **■** Other work 17 (13%)

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 Pachpadra

- Ratanada283 people
- Sodhon Ki Dhani283 people
- Bhagoniyon Ki Dhani276 people
- Loharo Ki Dhani276 people
- Hari Nagar259 people
- Padiyaron Ki Dhani254 people
- Bamseen250 people
- Nimbakhera226 people

[All 279 villages in Pachpadra](https://wherepedia.org/india/rajasthan/barmer/pachpadra/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Arawa Purohitan?344026
- How far is Arawa Purohitan from Barmer?165 km by road
- What is the population of Arawa Purohitan?262 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Arawa Purohitan in?Barmer district (Pachpadra sub-district), Rajasthan
- What is the literacy rate of Arawa Purohitan?50.7% (Census 2011)