# Sirsia Village, Jogapatti, Pashchim Champaran (Bihar)

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Village · Jogapatti, Pashchim Champaran 

# Sirsia

Sirsia is a village in Jogapatti sub-district of Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **2,296 people in 403 households**, the 35th largest of 102 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 43.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 51.0%.

- 2,296people (2011)
- 403households
- 43.9%literacy
- 896females per 1,000 males

## Sirsia PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatBarwa
- Community development blockJogapatti
- Census village code217123

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?

- Jogapatti (sub-district HQ)10 km by road
- Bettiah (district HQ)24 km by road
- Bettiah (nearest town)24 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
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Nawalpur
- ○Degree college10+ km · Bettiah
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bettiah
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 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 Sirsia known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 81% of the 91 hectares of village land is sown, and 4 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, 2 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 62 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Sirsia · ■ Jogapatti rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**1%

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

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**90%

Tap water ****1%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****55%**

**48%

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

**2%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****35%**

**36%

Television ****2%**

**5%

Mobile phone ****62%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

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

**16%

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 · ■ Jogapatti rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****43.9%**

**51.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****896**

**900

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****793**

**957

Working population ****38.7%**

**34.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 56.4% for men and 30.3% for women. 46% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 37 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 67 (8%) · **■** Other work 10 (1%) · **■** Marginal 774 (87%)

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 Jogapatti

- Darwalia2,537 people
- Barwa2,452 people
- Rampur Baheliya2,347 people
- Nauganwa2,300 people
- Koirganwan2,281 people
- Bhawanipur2,252 people
- Dhabia2,177 people
- Belbanwa2,154 people

[All 105 villages in Jogapatti](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/pashchim-champaran/jogapatti/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Sirsia from Bettiah?24 km by road
- What is the population of Sirsia?2,296 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sirsia in?Pashchim Champaran district (Jogapatti sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Sirsia?43.9% (Census 2011)