# Keshwa Village, Piro, Bhojpur (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Piro, Bhojpur 

# Keshwa

Keshwa is a village in Piro sub-district of Bhojpur district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **3,018 people in 471 households**, the 20th largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.4%.

- 3,018people (2011)
- 471households
- 76.2%literacy
- 904females per 1,000 males

## Keshwa PIN code and other codes

Keshwa falls in Piro sub-district, Bhojpur district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatAkaroun
- Community development blockPiro
- Census village code247310

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

## How far is Keshwa from nearby towns?

- Piro (sub-district HQ)4 km by road
- Arrah (district HQ)40 km by road
- Piro (nearest town)4 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 Keshwa?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Keshwa; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Jagdishpur
- ○Degree college10+ km · Arrah
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Tar
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water and hand pumps

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 Keshwa known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 54% of the 277 hectares of village land is sown, and 130 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 Keshwa

Of every 100 households in Keshwa in 2011, 14 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 58 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Keshwa · ■ Piro rural average

Electricity for lighting ****14%**

**4%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**80%

Tap water ****1%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****86%**

**78%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**95%

Use banking services ****66%**

**62%

Television ****11%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****58%**

**63%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**8%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****26%**

**22%

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 Keshwa?

■ Keshwa · ■ Piro rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.2%**

**70.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****904**

**926

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****881**

**919

Working population ****31.0%**

**29.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.2% for men and 65.3% for women. 48% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 83 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 200 (21%) · **■** Household industry 16 (2%) · **■** Other work 63 (7%) · **■** Marginal 573 (61%)

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 Piro

- Bachri3,476 people
- Pitro3,418 people
- Akrua3,309 people
- Amehta3,052 people
- Sahejani2,958 people
- Telar2,930 people
- Tilath2,886 people
- Bharsar2,861 people

[All 109 villages in Piro](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/bhojpur/piro/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Keshwa from Arrah?40 km by road
- What is the population of Keshwa?3,018 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Keshwa in?Bhojpur district (Piro sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Keshwa?76.2% (Census 2011)