# Alawan Village, Meskaur, Nawada (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Meskaur, Nawada 

# Alawan

Alawan is a village in Meskaur sub-district of Nawada district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **956 people in 123 households**, the 36th largest of 57 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 59.3%.

- 956people (2011)
- 123households
- 58.5%literacy
- 1,239females per 1,000 males

## Alawan PIN code and other codes

Alawan falls in Meskaur sub-district, Nawada district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatTetaria
- Community development blockMeskaur
- Census village code258235

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

## How far is Alawan from nearby towns?

- Meskaur (sub-district HQ)2 km by road
- Nawada (district HQ)34 km by road
- Hisua (nearest town)27 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 Alawan?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Alawan; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●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 · Hisua
- ○Degree college10+ km · Hisua
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Nawada
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps

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 Alawan known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 86% of the 176 hectares of village land is sown, and 120 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 Alawan

Of every 100 households in Alawan in 2011, 2 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 81 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Alawan · ■ Meskaur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**1%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**85%

Tap water ****1%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**30%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**94%

Use banking services ****15%**

**29%

Television ****3%**

**4%

Mobile phone ****81%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**41%

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 Alawan?

■ Alawan · ■ Meskaur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.5%**

**59.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1239**

**979

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1051**

**968

Working population ****18.5%**

**32.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.5% for men and 43.9% for women. 40% of men and 1% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 23 (13%) · **■** Other work 10 (6%) · **■** Marginal 144 (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 Meskaur

- Ranka Jalalpur1,084 people
- Lakhaura1,044 people
- Kaua Bara1,023 people
- Jhikatia959 people
- Chorabara951 people
- Chanda Bara941 people
- Majhila924 people
- Hero901 people

[All 60 villages in Meskaur](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/nawada/meskaur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Alawan from Nawada?34 km by road
- What is the population of Alawan?956 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Alawan in?Nawada district (Meskaur sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Alawan?58.5% (Census 2011)