# Masan Dhab Village, Bairia, Pashchim Champaran (Bihar)

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Village · Bairia, Pashchim Champaran 

# Masan Dhab

Masan Dhab is a village in Bairia sub-district of Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **2,056 people in 342 households**, the 25th largest of 51 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 23.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 52.3%.

- 2,056people (2011)
- 342households
- 23.9%literacy
- 890females per 1,000 males

## Masan Dhab PIN code and other codes

Masan Dhab falls in Bairia sub-district, Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatSurajpur
- Community development blockBairia
- Census village code217376

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

## How far is Masan Dhab from nearby towns?

- Bairia (sub-district HQ)10 km by road
- Bettiah (district HQ)20 km by road
- Bettiah (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 Masan Dhab?

5 services counted by the Census are inside Masan Dhab; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Patjirwa
- ○Degree college10+ km · Bettiah
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Bettiah
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water and hand 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 Masan Dhab known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 38% of the 1,350 hectares of village land is sown, and 203 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 Masan Dhab

Of every 100 households in Masan Dhab in 2011, 0 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Masan Dhab · ■ Bairia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**1%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**88%

Tap water ****1%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****20%**

**46%

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

**2%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****7%**

**35%

Television ****0%**

**4%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**51%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****13%**

**20%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Masan Dhab?

■ Masan Dhab · ■ Bairia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****23.9%**

**52.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****890**

**889

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****974**

**940

Working population ****54.0%**

**35.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 26.4% for men and 21.2% for women. 59% of men and 49% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 164 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 110 (10%) · **■** Household industry 25 (2%) · **■** Other work 4 (0%) · **■** Marginal 807 (73%)

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 Bairia

- Machharganwa2,857 people
- Phulia Khanr2,648 people
- Tadhwa Nandpur2,394 people
- Majhariya2,268 people
- Mathauli1,785 people
- Tola Mansa Dube1,598 people
- Phul Jharia1,258 people
- Malkauli1,216 people

[All 55 villages in Bairia](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/pashchim-champaran/bairia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Masan Dhab from Bettiah?20 km by road
- What is the population of Masan Dhab?2,056 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Masan Dhab in?Pashchim Champaran district (Bairia sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Masan Dhab?23.9% (Census 2011)