# Musahri Village, Chanpatia, Pashchim Champaran (Bihar)

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Village · Chanpatia, Pashchim Champaran 

# Musahri

Musahri is a village in Chanpatia sub-district of Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,642 people in 298 households**, the 50th largest of 71 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 48.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 57.3%.

- 1,642people (2011)
- 298households
- 48.2%literacy
- 923females per 1,000 males

## Musahri PIN code and other codes

Musahri falls in Chanpatia sub-district, Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatSirsia
- Community development blockChanpatia
- Census village code217193

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

## How far is Musahri from nearby towns?

- Chanpatia (sub-district HQ)15 km by road
- Bettiah (district HQ)16 km by road
- Chanpatia (nearest town)15 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 Musahri?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Bettiah
- ○Degree college10+ km · Bettiah
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bettiah
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river

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 Musahri known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 91% of the 114 hectares of village land is sown, and 89 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 Musahri

Of every 100 households in Musahri in 2011, 1 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 17 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Musahri · ■ Chanpatia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**3%

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

**15%

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

**85%

Tap water ****1%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****35%**

**50%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**3%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****17%**

**37%

Television ****3%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****17%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****33%**

**19%

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 Musahri?

■ Musahri · ■ Chanpatia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****48.2%**

**57.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****923**

**904

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****984**

**942

Working population ****38.0%**

**38.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 61.9% for men and 33.0% for women. 50% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 72 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 248 (40%) · **■** Household industry 15 (2%) · **■** Other work 66 (11%) · **■** Marginal 223 (36%)

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 Chanpatia

- Khasuar1,708 people
- Sabiya Kalan1,705 people
- Khardeur1,654 people
- Bishunpur Raghunath1,646 people
- Belwa Bandobasti1,557 people
- Bandaraha Andar Choube Tola1,511 people
- Pokharia Babu urf Ekrahia1,387 people
- Bijbania Bandobasti1,375 people

[All 71 villages in Chanpatia](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/pashchim-champaran/chanpatia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Musahri from Bettiah?16 km by road
- What is the population of Musahri?1,642 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Musahri in?Pashchim Champaran district (Chanpatia sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Musahri?48.2% (Census 2011)