# Sirai Village, Bausi, Banka (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Bausi, Banka 

# Sirai

Sirai is a village in Bausi sub-district of Banka district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **4,001 people in 742 households**, the 14th largest of 120 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 57.6%.

- 4,001people (2011)
- 742households
- 64.4%literacy
- 908females per 1,000 males

## Sirai PIN code and other codes

Sirai falls in Bausi sub-district, Banka district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatBabhangawan
- Community development blockBausi
- Census village code242333

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

## How far is Sirai from nearby towns?

- Bausi (sub-district HQ)3 km by road
- Banka (district HQ)20 km by road
- Banka (nearest town)20 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 Sirai?

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

### In the village

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

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Dalia
- ○Degree college10+ km · Bhagalpur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bhagalpur
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps
- 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 Sirai known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 61% of the 494 hectares of village land is sown, and 250 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 Sirai

Of every 100 households in Sirai in 2011, 26 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 14 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Sirai · ■ Bausi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**10%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**10%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**89%

Tap water ****3%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****30%**

**23%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****14%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****55%**

**91%

Use banking services ****31%**

**31%

Television ****12%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**42%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****40%**

**30%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Sirai?

■ Sirai · ■ Bausi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.4%**

**57.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****908**

**920

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****856**

**950

Working population ****42.9%**

**38.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.2% for men and 53.8% for women. 48% of men and 37% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 118 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 59 (3%) · **■** Household industry 11 (1%) · **■** Other work 153 (9%) · **■** Marginal 1,377 (80%)

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 Bausi

- Chilkara5,678 people
- Saruwa5,393 people
- Nayagaon4,141 people
- Sukhiabarait4,037 people
- Golhatti3,870 people
- Babhangawan3,853 people
- Sanga3,672 people
- Kuraro3,627 people

[All 153 villages in Bausi](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/banka/bausi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Sirai from Banka?20 km by road
- What is the population of Sirai?4,001 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sirai in?Banka district (Bausi sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Sirai?64.4% (Census 2011)