# Siswania Village, Jogapatti, Pashchim Champaran (Bihar)

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Village · Jogapatti, Pashchim Champaran 

# Siswania

Siswania is a village in Jogapatti sub-district of Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **2,614 people in 434 households**, the 28th largest of 102 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 48.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 51.0%.

- 2,614people (2011)
- 434households
- 48.4%literacy
- 931females per 1,000 males

## Siswania PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatSiswa Mangalpur
- Community development blockJogapatti
- Census village code217062

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?

- Jogapatti (sub-district HQ)4 km by road
- Bettiah (district HQ)20 km by road
- Bettiah (nearest town)20 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?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Cooperative bankIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Lachhmipur
- ○Degree college10+ km · Bettiah
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bettiah
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand 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 Siswania known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 83% of the 348 hectares of village land is sown, and 44 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, 0 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 66 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Siswania · ■ Jogapatti rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**1%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**90%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****24%**

**48%

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

**2%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****43%**

**36%

Television ****2%**

**5%

Mobile phone ****66%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**16%

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 Siswania?

■ Siswania · ■ Jogapatti rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****48.4%**

**51.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****931**

**900

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1047**

**957

Working population ****40.6%**

**34.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 60.6% for men and 35.0% for women. 44% of men and 37% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 262 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 6 (1%) · **■** Household industry 5 (0%) · **■** Other work 6 (1%) · **■** Marginal 782 (74%)

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

- Jagdammapur2,917 people
- Amaithia2,860 people
- Mangalpur2,817 people
- Laukaria Jogapatti2,700 people
- Piparpanti2,563 people
- Basopatti2,549 people
- Darwalia2,537 people
- Barwa2,452 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Siswania from Bettiah?20 km by road
- What is the population of Siswania?2,614 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Siswania in?Pashchim Champaran district (Jogapatti sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Siswania?48.4% (Census 2011)