# Shiv Village, Chand, Kaimur (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Chand, Kaimur 

# Shiv

Shiv is a village in Chand sub-district of Kaimur district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,668 people in 267 households**, the 29th largest of 114 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 67.3%.

- 1,668people (2011)
- 267households
- 66.2%literacy
- 967females per 1,000 males

## Shiv PIN code and other codes

Shiv falls in Chand sub-district, Kaimur district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatBiuri
- Community development blockChand
- Census village code249626

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

## How far is Shiv from nearby towns?

- Chand (sub-district HQ)15 km by road
- Bhabua (district HQ)40 km by road
- Bhabua (nearest town)40 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 Shiv?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Shiv; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Bhabua
- ○Degree college10+ km · Bhabua
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Dihari
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)6 h summer · 10 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 Shiv known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 57% of the 211 hectares of village land is sown, and 60 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 Shiv

Of every 100 households in Shiv in 2011, 1 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Shiv · ■ Chand rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**12%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**10%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**89%

Tap water ****2%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****29%**

**37%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**97%

Use banking services ****28%**

**36%

Television ****11%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**54%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**11%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**3%

None of these assets ****22%**

**23%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Shiv?

■ Shiv · ■ Chand rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.2%**

**67.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****967**

**921

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****964**

**934

Working population ****33.8%**

**34.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.7% for men and 57.4% for women. 44% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 84 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 72 (13%) · **■** Household industry 10 (2%) · **■** Other work 127 (23%) · **■** Marginal 270 (48%)

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 Chand

- Hansrew1,783 people
- Chanda1,752 people
- Sihoria1,743 people
- Dharhua1,727 people
- Shiwrampur1,665 people
- Kharauli1,654 people
- Jamalpur1,651 people
- Gohuwan1,632 people

[All 137 villages in Chand](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/kaimur/chand/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Shiv from Bhabua?40 km by road
- What is the population of Shiv?1,668 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shiv in?Kaimur district (Chand sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Shiv?66.2% (Census 2011)