# Serahwa Village, Gaunaha, Pashchim Champaran (Bihar)

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Village · Gaunaha, Pashchim Champaran 

# Serahwa

Serahwa is a village in Gaunaha sub-district of Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,118 people in 216 households**, the 73rd largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 45.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 58.9%.

- 1,118people (2011)
- 216households
- 45.4%literacy
- 885females per 1,000 males

## Serahwa PIN code and other codes

Serahwa falls in Gaunaha sub-district, Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatDaraul
- Community development blockGaunaha
- Census village code216361

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

## How far is Serahwa from nearby towns?

- Gaunaha (sub-district HQ)20 km by road
- Bettiah (district HQ)50 km by road
- Narkatiyaganj (nearest town)21 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 Serahwa?

4 services counted by the Census are inside Serahwa; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Jamunia
- ○Degree college10+ km · Narkatiaganj
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bettiah
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ 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 Serahwa known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 88% of the 106 hectares of village land is sown, and 65 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 Serahwa

Of every 100 households in Serahwa in 2011, 0 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 49 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Serahwa · ■ Gaunaha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**1%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****64%**

**42%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**0%

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

**99%

Use banking services ****34%**

**38%

Television ****6%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****49%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**24%

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 Serahwa?

■ Serahwa · ■ Gaunaha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****45.4%**

**58.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****885**

**922

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****936**

**959

Working population ****40.8%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 56.8% for men and 32.4% for women. 48% of men and 33% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 50 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 246 (54%) · **■** Household industry 8 (2%) · **■** Other work 40 (9%) · **■** Marginal 112 (25%)

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 Gaunaha

- Mitni1,133 people
- Serhua1,128 people
- Marjadi1,124 people
- Ekwa1,120 people
- Serahwa1,108 people
- Parsa1,104 people
- Ekdarwa1,096 people
- Belwa1,095 people

[All 168 villages in Gaunaha](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/pashchim-champaran/gaunaha/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Serahwa from Bettiah?50 km by road
- What is the population of Serahwa?1,118 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Serahwa in?Pashchim Champaran district (Gaunaha sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Serahwa?45.4% (Census 2011)