# Sirkohiya Village, Majhaulia, Pashchim Champaran (Bihar)

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Village · Majhaulia, Pashchim Champaran 

# Sirkohiya

Sirkohiya is a village in Majhaulia sub-district of Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,165 people in 209 households**, the 57th largest of 75 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 25.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 54.4%.

- 1,165people (2011)
- 209households
- 25.8%literacy
- 894females per 1,000 males

## Sirkohiya PIN code and other codes

Sirkohiya falls in Majhaulia sub-district, Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatNautan Khurd
- Community development blockMajhaulia
- Census village code217347

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

## How far is Sirkohiya from nearby towns?

- Majhaulia (sub-district HQ)15 km by road
- Bettiah (district HQ)22 km by road
- Bettiah (nearest town)22 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 Sirkohiya?

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

### In the village

- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●State highwayIn 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

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Shampur
- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Bettiah
- ○Degree college10+ km · Bettiah
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bettiah
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank10+ 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 Sirkohiya known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 89% of the 184 hectares of village land is sown, and 64 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 Sirkohiya

Of every 100 households in Sirkohiya in 2011, 0 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 69 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sirkohiya · ■ Majhaulia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**2%

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

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**85%

Tap water ****3%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**51%

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

**2%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****52%**

**45%

Television ****0%**

**5%

Mobile phone ****69%**

**53%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**2%

None of these assets ****0%**

**21%

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 Sirkohiya?

■ Sirkohiya · ■ Majhaulia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****25.8%**

**54.4%

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

**912

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**957

Working population ****27.6%**

**37.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 32.2% for men and 18.3% for women. 38% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 2 (1%) · **■** Marginal 318 (99%)

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 Majhaulia

- Pakrihari1,528 people
- Bhaluhi1,313 people
- Pipra Dube1,266 people
- Tola Utimpanre1,172 people
- Muluka Tola1,049 people
- Mathia Birit1,019 people
- Rampur Bairagi981 people
- Dhankutwa980 people

[All 78 villages in Majhaulia](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/pashchim-champaran/majhaulia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Sirkohiya from Bettiah?22 km by road
- What is the population of Sirkohiya?1,165 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sirkohiya in?Pashchim Champaran district (Majhaulia sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Sirkohiya?25.8% (Census 2011)