# Mahuawa Village, Mainatanr, Pashchim Champaran (Bihar)

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Village · Mainatanr, Pashchim Champaran 

# Mahuawa

Mahuawa is a village in Mainatanr sub-district of Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **3,491 people in 632 households**, the 17th largest of 93 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 54.4%.

- 3,491people (2011)
- 632households
- 55.0%literacy
- 894females per 1,000 males

## Mahuawa PIN code and other codes

Mahuawa falls in Mainatanr sub-district, Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatMahuawa Sagrawa
- Community development blockMainatanr
- Census village code216569

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

## How far is Mahuawa from nearby towns?

- Mainatanr (sub-district HQ)10 km by road
- Bettiah (district HQ)40 km by road
- Narkatiyaganj (nearest town)18 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 Mahuawa?

12 services counted by the Census are inside Mahuawa; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Cooperative bankIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Narkatiaganj
- ○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 service10+ km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes

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 Mahuawa known for?

The main crops are **paddy, wheat and masur**. About 96% of the 261 hectares of village land is sown, and 142 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 Mahuawa

Of every 100 households in Mahuawa in 2011, 1 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 66 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Mahuawa · ■ Mainatanr rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**1%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**90%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****65%**

**42%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**98%

Use banking services ****12%**

**28%

Television ****8%**

**5%

Mobile phone ****66%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**6%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****9%**

**23%

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 Mahuawa?

■ Mahuawa · ■ Mainatanr rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.0%**

**54.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****894**

**915

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****933**

**976

Working population ****35.2%**

**42.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.9% for men and 45.0% for women. 49% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 221 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 469 (38%) · **■** Household industry 28 (2%) · **■** Other work 39 (3%) · **■** Marginal 472 (38%)

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 Mainatanr

- Barwa3,690 people
- Basantpur3,662 people
- Bherihari3,506 people
- Jhanjhri3,502 people
- Ghorpakri3,414 people
- Rampurwa3,331 people
- Parsa3,328 people
- Madhuri3,326 people

[All 97 villages in Mainatanr](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/pashchim-champaran/mainatanr/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Mahuawa from Bettiah?40 km by road
- What is the population of Mahuawa?3,491 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahuawa in?Pashchim Champaran district (Mainatanr sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Mahuawa?55.0% (Census 2011)