# Sirhwa Village, Mainatanr, Pashchim Champaran (Bihar)

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Village · Mainatanr, Pashchim Champaran 

# Sirhwa

Sirhwa is a village in Mainatanr sub-district of Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,198 people in 206 households**, the 64th largest of 93 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 49.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 54.4%.

- 1,198people (2011)
- 206households
- 49.4%literacy
- 893females per 1,000 males

## Sirhwa PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatBarwa
- Community development blockMainatanr
- Census village code216511

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

## How far is Sirhwa from nearby towns?

- Mainatanr (sub-district HQ)38 km by road
- Bettiah (district HQ)57 km by road
- Narkatiyaganj (nearest town)33 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 Sirhwa?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Sirhwa; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn 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 school10+ km · Narkatiaganj
- ○Degree college10+ km · Narkatiaganj
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bettiah
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes 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 Sirhwa known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 37% of the 163 hectares of village land is sown, and 3 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 Sirhwa

Of every 100 households in Sirhwa in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 49 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Sirhwa · ■ Mainatanr rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**1%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**90%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****46%**

**42%

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

**1%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****15%**

**28%

Television ****5%**

**5%

Mobile phone ****49%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**6%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****18%**

**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 Sirhwa?

■ Sirhwa · ■ Mainatanr rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****49.4%**

**54.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****893**

**915

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****858**

**976

Working population ****43.3%**

**42.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 60.8% for men and 36.9% for women. 46% of men and 41% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 91 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 194 (37%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 29 (6%) · **■** Marginal 202 (39%)

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

- Pachrukha1,282 people
- Sihnaula1,262 people
- Laukar1,225 people
- Belwania1,221 people
- Babhnauli1,186 people
- Bahuarwa1,110 people
- Bakulahia1,085 people
- Bhirbhiri1,070 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Sirhwa from Bettiah?57 km by road
- What is the population of Sirhwa?1,198 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sirhwa in?Pashchim Champaran district (Mainatanr sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Sirhwa?49.4% (Census 2011)