# Sirhari Village, Islampur, Nalanda (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Islampur, Nalanda 

# Sirhari

Sirhari is a village in Islampur sub-district of Nalanda district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,945 people in 328 households**, the 39th largest of 91 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 44.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.3%.

- 1,945people (2011)
- 328households
- 44.5%literacy
- 931females per 1,000 males

## Sirhari PIN code and other codes

Sirhari falls in Islampur sub-district, Nalanda district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatAtma
- Community development blockIslampur
- Census village code244917

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

## How far is Sirhari from nearby towns?

- Islampur (sub-district HQ)20 km by road
- Biharsharif (district HQ)30 km by road
- Islampur (nearest town)20 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 Sirhari?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Sirhari; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Laranpur
- ○Degree college10+ km · Islampur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Hilsa
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)3 h summer · 7 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 Sirhari known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 77% of the 358 hectares of village land is sown, and 196 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 Sirhari

Of every 100 households in Sirhari in 2011, 1 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sirhari · ■ Islampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**8%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****80%**

**79%

Tap water ****1%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****24%**

**49%

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

**3%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****40%**

**46%

Television ****5%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****45%**

**29%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Sirhari?

■ Sirhari · ■ Islampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****44.5%**

**64.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****931**

**918

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****823**

**921

Working population ****43.9%**

**39.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 56.5% for men and 32.0% for women. 46% of men and 41% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 62 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 404 (47%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 26 (3%) · **■** Marginal 356 (42%)

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 Islampur

- Maidi Kalan2,330 people
- Sohjana2,284 people
- Sonawan2,247 people
- Chhota Paithana2,105 people
- Mobarakpur1,919 people
- Chaurawan1,842 people
- Akuri1,744 people
- Parsarai1,727 people

[All 91 villages in Islampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/nalanda/islampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Sirhari from Biharsharif?30 km by road
- What is the population of Sirhari?1,945 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sirhari in?Nalanda district (Islampur sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Sirhari?44.5% (Census 2011)