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

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Village · Piro, Bhojpur 

# Kewatia

Kewatia is a village in Piro sub-district of Bhojpur district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,145 people in 189 households**, the 63rd largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.4%.

- 1,145people (2011)
- 189households
- 68.6%literacy
- 957females per 1,000 males

## Kewatia PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatAmheta
- Community development blockPiro
- Census village code247337

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

## How far is Kewatia from nearby towns?

- Piro (sub-district HQ)12 km by road
- Arrah (district HQ)60 km by road
- Piro (nearest town)12 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 Kewatia?

6 services counted by the Census are inside Kewatia; 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
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Jitaura Jangal Mahal
- ○Degree college10+ km · Arrah
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Arrah
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand 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 Kewatia known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 19% of the 146 hectares of village land is sown, and 10 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 Kewatia

Of every 100 households in Kewatia in 2011, 0 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 60 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Kewatia · ■ Piro rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**4%

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

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****83%**

**80%

Tap water ****6%**

**3%

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

**78%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**95%

Use banking services ****74%**

**62%

Television ****6%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****60%**

**63%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**2%

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

**22%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Kewatia?

■ Kewatia · ■ Piro rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.6%**

**70.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****957**

**926

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****908**

**919

Working population ****36.2%**

**29.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.5% for men and 54.3% for women. 45% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 49 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 296 (71%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 12 (3%) · **■** Marginal 56 (14%)

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

- Narhi1,215 people
- Basdiha1,212 people
- Tiwari Dih1,177 people
- Deochanda1,170 people
- Garahatha1,120 people
- Mahwari1,081 people
- Mahuari1,060 people
- Karauniya1,052 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Kewatia from Arrah?60 km by road
- What is the population of Kewatia?1,145 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kewatia in?Bhojpur district (Piro sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Kewatia?68.6% (Census 2011)