# Sirsia Village, Gaunaha, Pashchim Champaran (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Gaunaha, Pashchim Champaran 

# Sirsia

Sirsia is a village in Gaunaha sub-district of Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,335 people in 227 households**, the 58th largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 58.9%.

- 1,335people (2011)
- 227households
- 64.3%literacy
- 935females per 1,000 males

## Sirsia PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatMatiaria
- Community development blockGaunaha
- Census village code216333

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

## How far is Sirsia from nearby towns?

- Gaunaha (sub-district HQ)28 km by road
- Bettiah (district HQ)65 km by road
- Narkatiyaganj (nearest town)40 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 Sirsia?

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

### In the village

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

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Jamunia
- ○Degree college10+ km · Narkatiaganj
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bettiah
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watercovered wells, hand pumps 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 Sirsia known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 66% of the 233 hectares of village land is sown, and 8 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 Sirsia

Of every 100 households in Sirsia in 2011, 0 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sirsia · ■ Gaunaha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**1%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****27%**

**42%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**99%

Use banking services ****8%**

**38%

Television ****2%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**24%

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 Sirsia?

■ Sirsia · ■ Gaunaha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.3%**

**58.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****935**

**922

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1125**

**959

Working population ****54.1%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.9% for men and 45.6% for women. 59% of men and 49% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 12 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 594 (82%) · **■** Household industry 10 (1%) · **■** Other work 51 (7%) · **■** Marginal 55 (8%)

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

- Bhitharwa Dheri Dhenhwa1,388 people
- Masahi1,369 people
- Parsa1,362 people
- Parsauni1,342 people
- Bakhri1,319 people
- Tahkaul1,318 people
- Patkhauli1,246 people
- Harpur1,203 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Sirsia from Bettiah?65 km by road
- What is the population of Sirsia?1,335 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sirsia in?Pashchim Champaran district (Gaunaha sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Sirsia?64.3% (Census 2011)