# Sarma Village, Barahiya, Lakhisarai (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Barahiya, Lakhisarai 

# Sarma

Sarma is a village in Barahiya sub-district of Lakhisarai district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **882 people in 153 households**, the 28th largest of 35 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.8%.

- 882people (2011)
- 153households
- 76.3%literacy
- 826females per 1,000 males

## Sarma PIN code and other codes

Sarma falls in Barahiya sub-district, Lakhisarai district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatGirdharpur
- Community development blockBarahiya
- Census village code243347

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

## How far is Sarma from nearby towns?

- Barahiya (sub-district HQ)10 km by road
- Lakhisarai (district HQ)22 km by road
- Barahiya (nearest town)10 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 Sarma?

11 services counted by the Census are inside Sarma; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Barahiya
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Barahiya
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Barahiya
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand 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 Sarma known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 89% of the 134 hectares of village land is sown, and 40 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 Sarma

Of every 100 households in Sarma in 2011, 1 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 67 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Sarma · ■ Barahiya rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**20%

Toilet within the home ****17%**

**32%

No toilet (open defecation) ****75%**

**63%

Tap water ****42%**

**7%

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

**41%

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

**5%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****54%**

**52%

Television ****0%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****67%**

**55%

Computer with internet ****4%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****18%**

**30%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Sarma?

■ Sarma · ■ Barahiya rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.3%**

**64.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****826**

**876

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****887**

**896

Working population ****30.8%**

**33.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.7% for men and 64.8% for women. 46% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 159 (58%) · **■** Farm labourers 68 (25%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 8 (3%) · **■** Marginal 33 (12%)

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 Barahiya

- Sadai Bigha1,337 people
- Hirdan Bigha1,220 people
- Kamarpur1,177 people
- Nezai1,039 people
- Nizampur868 people
- Bahadurpur860 people
- Kuthwa783 people
- Rustampur574 people

[All 38 villages in Barahiya](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/lakhisarai/barahiya/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Sarma from Lakhisarai?22 km by road
- What is the population of Sarma?882 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sarma in?Lakhisarai district (Barahiya sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Sarma?76.3% (Census 2011)