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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
PK
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Poonam Kumari
Contact: 95****7966
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- LGD code
- 235978
- Pincode
- 844504
- Post office
- Desari
- Population
- 774
- Households
- 132
- Literacy rate
- 31.4%
- Sex ratio
- 925 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 236
2011 സെൻസസ് · താരതമ്യത്തിൽ
Chak Arab താരതമ്യം
By population, Chak Arab ranks #27 of 43 villages in Desri mandal.
Literacy rate
%
31.4%
−23.6% vs mandal average
- Chak Arab
- 31.4%
- Desri mandal
- 55.0%
- Vaishali district
- 55.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
925
+22 vs mandal average
- Chak Arab
- 925
- Desri mandal
- 903
Household size
people per home
5.9
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Chak Arab
- 5.9
- Desri mandal
- 5.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chak Arab ഒറ്റനോട്ടത്തിൽ
Chak Arab ബിഹാർയിലെ വൈശാലി ജില്ല, Desri ബ്ലോക്ക്ൽ 774 പേർ 132 കുടുംബങ്ങളിൽ (2011 സെൻസസ്) താമസിക്കുന്ന ഗ്രാമമാണ്, Desri ബ്ലോക്ക്ലെ 43 ഗ്രാമങ്ങളിൽ വലുപ്പത്തിൽ 27-ാമത്. സാക്ഷരത 31%, ബ്ലോക്ക് ശരാശരി 55% നേക്കാൾ 24 പോയിന്റ് കുറവ് ലിംഗാനുപാതം 1,000 പുരുഷന്മാർക്ക് 925 സ്ത്രീകൾ. പിൻകോഡ് 844504, Desari പോസ്റ്റ് ഓഫീസിന് കീഴിൽ; LGD ഗ്രാമ കോഡ് 235978. പ്രസിഡന്റ് Poonam Kumari; ഗ്രാമം Sandesh നിയമസഭാ മണ്ഡലത്തിലാണ്, എംഎൽഎ Radha Charan Sah. 2026ൽ ജനസംഖ്യ ഏകദേശം 913, 2011നെക്കാൾ 18% കൂടുതൽ.
ഗ്രാമപഞ്ചായത്ത്: Uphraul →
സമീപ ഗ്രാമങ്ങളുടെ താരതമ്യം
അടുത്തടുത്ത് താരതമ്യം →| ഗ്രാമം | ജനസംഖ്യ | സാക്ഷരത | ദൂരം |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chak Arab · ഈ ഗ്രാമം | 774 | 31% | — |
| Uphraul · Desri | 5,665 | 61% | — |
| Ghazipur Garahi · Desri | 2,909 | 58% | — |
| Chakarab · Desri | — | — | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Chak Arab
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 1
- Power hours (winter)
- 1
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- HAJIPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 24
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 24
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 2
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- ufraul
- Total area (ha)
- 16
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 16
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Chak Arab
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
പ്രധാന വിവരങ്ങൾ — Chak Arab
- LGD code
- 235978
- Pincode
- 844504
- Post office
- Desari
- Population (Census 2011)
- 774
- Population (projected 2026)
- 913
- Households
- 132
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 925
- Literacy rate
- 31.4%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Arrah
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sandesh
- Member of Parliament
- Sudama Prasad
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Radha Charan Sah
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Poonam Kumari
- Block / Mandal
- Desri
അതേ പിൻകോഡ്
Villages sharing pincode 844504
- DesriDesri mandal11,184 pop
- Rasulpur HabibDesri mandal6,652 pop
- Jahangirpur ShamDesri mandal6,583 pop
- UphraulDesri mandal5,665 pop
- Chak Bhikhari Urf BhikhanpuraDesri mandal5,391 pop
- AzampurDesri mandal5,006 pop
- Dharampur Ram RaeDesri mandal4,705 pop
- Chainpur NankarDesri mandal3,367 pop
- Khoksa KalyanDesri mandal3,118 pop
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Chak Arab
Desri മണ്ഡലം മറ്റ് ഗ്രാമങ്ങൾ
View all 47+ →- Desri
- Rasulpur Habib
- Jahangirpur Sham
- Uphraul
- Chak Bhikhari Urf Bhikhanpura
- Azampur
- Dharampur Ram Rae
- Chainpur Nankar
- Khoksa Kalyan
- Tayabpur
- Ghazipur Garahi
- Rampur Kichni
- Panapur Raghunath
- Kharkpur Urf Saifabad
- Jafrabad
- Khurrampur
- Lakhanpura
- Khoksa Buzurg
- Madhopur Gajpati
- Phatikwara
- Bishunpur Chand
- Bishunpur Ijra
- Madhaul Harpur Chand
- Madhaul Khurd
- Rampur Madhaul
- Chandpur Nankar
- Mohammadpur Buzurgurflakhanpur
- Lakhanpura
- Dharamdaspur
- Mamrezpur
- Lakhanpur Tal
- Sauta
- Kuatpur
- Sota Urf Milki Chak
- Jaga Chandpura
- Babhangawan
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)