# Amwa Village, Sidhaw, Pashchim Champaran (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Sidhaw, Pashchim Champaran 

# Amwa

Amwa is a village in Sidhaw sub-district of Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,941 people in 327 households**, the 57th largest of 159 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 52.0%.

- 1,941people (2011)
- 327households
- 62.3%literacy
- 929females per 1,000 males

## Amwa PIN code and other codes

Amwa falls in Sidhaw sub-district, Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatMahuawa Kathrwa
- Community development blockSidhaw
- Census village code216021

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

## How far is Amwa from nearby towns?

- Sidhaw (sub-district HQ)26 km by road
- Bettiah (district HQ)31 km by road
- Bagha (nearest town)17 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 Amwa?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Amwa; 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
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Bagha
- ○Degree college10+ km · Bagha
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bettiah
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 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 Amwa known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 91% of the 376 hectares of village land is sown, and 314 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 Amwa

Of every 100 households in Amwa in 2011, 0 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Amwa · ■ Sidhaw rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**12%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**91%

Tap water ****34%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****21%**

**49%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**99%

Use banking services ****23%**

**34%

Television ****4%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****7%**

**23%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Amwa?

■ Amwa · ■ Sidhaw rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.3%**

**52.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****929**

**934

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****879**

**969

Working population ****50.6%**

**48.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.8% for men and 49.0% for women. 56% of men and 45% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 188 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 340 (35%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 43 (4%) · **■** Marginal 410 (42%)

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 Sidhaw

- Lachhmipur1,993 people
- Marjadpur1,981 people
- Pharsahni1,959 people
- Belwachakhni1,950 people
- Bharchhi1,935 people
- Singari1,926 people
- Barba Kalan1,884 people
- Jamira1,878 people

[All 175 villages in Sidhaw](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/pashchim-champaran/sidhaw/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Amwa from Bettiah?31 km by road
- What is the population of Amwa?1,941 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Amwa in?Pashchim Champaran district (Sidhaw sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Amwa?62.3% (Census 2011)