# Dharwa Village, Lauriya, Pashchim Champaran (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Lauriya, Pashchim Champaran 

# Dharwa

Dharwa is a village in Lauriya sub-district of Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,127 people in 244 households**, the 73rd largest of 93 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 53.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 60.1%.

- 1,127people (2011)
- 244households
- 53.4%literacy
- 863females per 1,000 males

## Dharwa PIN code and other codes

Dharwa falls in Lauriya sub-district, Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatMarhiya Pakadi
- Community development blockLauriya
- Census village code216770

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

## How far is Dharwa from nearby towns?

- Lauriya (sub-district HQ)3 km by road
- Bettiah (district HQ)29 km by road
- Narkatiyaganj (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 Dharwa?

11 services counted by the Census are inside Dharwa; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Lauria
- ○Degree college10+ km · Bettiah
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bettiah
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 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 Dharwa known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 71% of the 155 hectares of village land is sown, and 83 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 Dharwa

Of every 100 households in Dharwa in 2011, 0 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 51 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dharwa · ■ Lauriya rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**7%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**80%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****40%**

**55%

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

**4%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****51%**

**38%

Television ****2%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****51%**

**52%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**7%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****17%**

**25%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

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 Dharwa?

■ Dharwa · ■ Lauriya rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****53.4%**

**60.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****863**

**912

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****880**

**966

Working population ****29.8%**

**33.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.5% for men and 38.0% for women. 52% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 70 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 256 (76%) · **■** Other work 8 (2%) · **■** Marginal 2 (1%)

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 Lauriya

- Bherihawa1,275 people
- Thakurtola1,267 people
- Sahuatanr1,177 people
- Serukahia1,165 people
- Parsaunadih1,124 people
- Gokhula1,123 people
- Manguraha993 people
- Nankar983 people

[All 96 villages in Lauriya](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/pashchim-champaran/lauriya/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Dharwa from Bettiah?29 km by road
- What is the population of Dharwa?1,127 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dharwa in?Pashchim Champaran district (Lauriya sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Dharwa?53.4% (Census 2011)