# Pirasan Village, Barsoi, Katihar (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Barsoi, Katihar 

# Pirasan

Pirasan is a village in Barsoi sub-district of Katihar district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **958 people in 201 households**, the 124th largest of 218 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 37.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 43.7%.

- 958people (2011)
- 201households
- 37.9%literacy
- 939females per 1,000 males

## Pirasan PIN code and other codes

Pirasan falls in Barsoi sub-district, Katihar district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatBighorhat
- Community development blockBarsoi
- Census village code224905

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

## How far is Pirasan from nearby towns?

- Barsoi (sub-district HQ)16 km by road
- Katihar (district HQ)56 km by road
- Katihar (nearest town)56 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 Pirasan?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Pirasan; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Degrapara
- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Barsoi
- ○Degree college10+ km · Barsoi
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Katihar
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river

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 Pirasan known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 79% of the 78 hectares of village land is sown, and 50 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 Pirasan

Of every 100 households in Pirasan in 2011, 0 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 2 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Pirasan · ■ Barsoi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**1%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**13%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

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

**41%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**98%

Use banking services ****8%**

**15%

Television ****0%**

**3%

Mobile phone ****2%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****72%**

**40%

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 Pirasan?

■ Pirasan · ■ Barsoi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****37.9%**

**43.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****939**

**920

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****799**

**960

Working population ****45.4%**

**32.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 41.5% for men and 34.3% for women. 42% of men and 49% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 7 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 77 (18%) · **■** Marginal 351 (81%)

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 Barsoi

- Shamashpur985 people
- Kusiar Murha974 people
- Maltipur973 people
- Bariaganj960 people
- Gobindpur953 people
- Jiar953 people
- Mangatpur945 people
- Duha941 people

[All 231 villages in Barsoi](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/katihar/barsoi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Pirasan from Katihar?56 km by road
- What is the population of Pirasan?958 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pirasan in?Katihar district (Barsoi sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Pirasan?37.9% (Census 2011)