# Siswania Village, Chanpatia, Pashchim Champaran (Bihar)

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Village · Chanpatia, Pashchim Champaran 

# Siswania

Siswania is a village in Chanpatia sub-district of Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **427 people in 92 households**, the 70th largest of 71 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 57.3%.

- 427people (2011)
- 92households
- 62.2%literacy
- 959females per 1,000 males

## Siswania PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatLakhaura Nazamat
- Community development blockChanpatia
- Census village code217185

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

## How far is Siswania from nearby towns?

- Chanpatia (sub-district HQ)7 km by road
- Bettiah (district HQ)9 km by road
- Chanpatia (nearest town)7 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 Siswania?

2 services counted by the Census are inside Siswania; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Misraulia
- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Kumar Bag
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Bettiah
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bettiah
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes

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 Siswania known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 96% of the 59 hectares of village land is sown, and 38 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 Siswania

Of every 100 households in Siswania in 2011, 18 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 86 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Siswania · ■ Chanpatia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****18%**

**3%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**85%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****33%**

**50%

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

**3%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****24%**

**37%

Television ****4%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****86%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**6%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****2%**

**19%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Siswania?

■ Siswania · ■ Chanpatia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.2%**

**57.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****959**

**904

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1043**

**942

Working population ****28.1%**

**38.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.7% for men and 50.9% for women. 50% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 14 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 6 (5%) · **■** Household industry 2 (2%) · **■** Other work 2 (2%) · **■** Marginal 96 (80%)

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

- Meghia Khargauli596 people
- Bishunpur Maolakar553 people
- Fajihatwa465 people
- Pakrihar457 people
- Bharpatia399 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Siswania from Bettiah?9 km by road
- What is the population of Siswania?427 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Siswania in?Pashchim Champaran district (Chanpatia sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Siswania?62.2% (Census 2011)