# Sauwan Village, Chandi, Nalanda (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Chandi, Nalanda 

# Sauwan

Sauwan is a village in Chandi sub-district of Nalanda district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **479 people in 85 households**, the 62nd largest of 66 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 64.9%.

- 479people (2011)
- 85households
- 65.2%literacy
- 947females per 1,000 males

## Sauwan PIN code and other codes

Sauwan falls in Chandi sub-district, Nalanda district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatMahkar
- Community development blockChandi
- Census village code244300

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

## How far is Sauwan from nearby towns?

- Chandi (sub-district HQ)8 km by road
- Biharsharif (district HQ)30 km by road
- Hilsa (nearest town)30 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 Sauwan?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Chandi
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Chandi
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Harnaut
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 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 Sauwan known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 100% of the 78 hectares of village land is sown, and 78 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 Sauwan

Of every 100 households in Sauwan in 2011, 7 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Sauwan · ■ Chandi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****7%**

**8%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**25%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**74%

Tap water ****1%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****31%**

**37%

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

**4%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****27%**

**50%

Television ****8%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**56%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****55%**

**33%

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 Sauwan?

■ Sauwan · ■ Chandi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.2%**

**64.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****947**

**923

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****744**

**940

Working population ****51.8%**

**38.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.0% for men and 58.3% for women. 52% of men and 52% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 64 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 101 (41%) · **■** Other work 8 (3%) · **■** Marginal 75 (30%)

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 Chandi

- Darweshpur593 people
- Dariapur Aim591 people
- Manshapur571 people
- Rasulpur531 people
- Mattepur428 people
- Dariapur Khalsa417 people
- Raitha343 people
- Bahadurpur317 people

[All 71 villages in Chandi](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/nalanda/chandi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Sauwan from Biharsharif?30 km by road
- What is the population of Sauwan?479 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sauwan in?Nalanda district (Chandi sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Sauwan?65.2% (Census 2011)