Village · Bagaha, Pashchim Champaran
# Barwa

Barwa is a village in Bagaha sub-district of Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted 1,493 people in 284 households, the 64th largest of 121 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 52.9%.
- 1,493 people (2011)
- 284 households
- 64.7% literacy
- 801 females per 1,000 males

## Barwa PIN code and other codes

Barwa falls in Bagaha sub-district, Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar.
- Gram panchayat Inglisiya
- Community development block Bagaha
- Census village code 216946

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## How far is Barwa from nearby towns?
- Bagaha (sub-district HQ) 34 km by road
- Bettiah (district HQ) 36 km by road
- Bagha (nearest town) 33 km by road

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## What facilities are there in Barwa?

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

### In the village
- ● Primary school In village · 1 govt
- ● Middle school In village · 1 govt
- ● Mobile phone coverage In village
- ● Pucca (black-topped) road In village
- ● All-weather road In village
- ● Agricultural credit society In village
- ● Ration (PDS) shop In village
- ● Mandi / regular market In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● Public library In village
- ● Polling station In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school under 5 km · Parsauni
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Bagaha
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Bettiah
- ○ Primary health centre 10+ km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km
- ○ Dispensary 10+ km
- ○ Post office 10+ km
- ○ Public bus service under 5 km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ ATM 10+ km
- ○ Commercial bank 10+ km

### Water and power
- Drinking water hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Barwa known for?

The main crops are paddy, wheat and sugar cane. About 100% of the 88 hectares of village land is sown, and 20 hectares are irrigated.

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## Homes and amenities in Barwa

Of every 100 households in Barwa in 2011, 1 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 59 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Barwa · ■ Bagaha rural average
- Electricity for lighting 1% 3%
- Toilet within the home 6% 13%
- No toilet (open defecation) 94% 87%
- Tap water 0% 2%
- Drinking water within premises 62% 60%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 2% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 98% 98%
- Use banking services 19% 39%
- Television 6% 9%
- Mobile phone 59% 51%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 5% 5%
- Car / jeep / van 1% 1%
- None of these assets 31% 24%
- Own their home 98% 99%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Barwa?

■ Barwa · ■ Bagaha rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 64.7% 52.9%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 801 904
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 837 946
- Working population 32.6% 41.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.0% for men and 46.8% for women. 52% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 92 (19%) · ■ Farm labourers 284 (58%) · ■ Household industry 2 (0%) · ■ Other work 28 (6%) · ■ Marginal 80 (16%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Bagaha
- Tola Purbari 1,696 people
- Khora Parsa 1,680 people
- Ahirauliya 1,609 people
- Mehdi 1,527 people
- Deurwa 1,418 people
- Tarkulwa 1,344 people
- Tola Pipra 1,339 people
- Belwa 1,308 people

All 136 villages in Bagaha

## Quick answers
- How far is Barwa from Bettiah? 36 km by road
- What is the population of Barwa? 1,493 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barwa in? Pashchim Champaran district (Bagaha sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Barwa? 64.7% (Census 2011)

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