# Balgangwa Village, Sidhaw, Pashchim Champaran (Bihar)

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Village · Sidhaw, Pashchim Champaran 

# Balgangwa

Balgangwa is a village in Sidhaw sub-district of Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **3,800 people in 738 households**, the 17th largest of 159 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 42.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 52.0%.

- 3,800people (2011)
- 738households
- 42.5%literacy
- 942females per 1,000 males

## Balgangwa PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatLaxmipur Rampurwa
- Community development blockSidhaw
- Census village code216000

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

## How far is Balgangwa from nearby towns?

- Sidhaw (sub-district HQ)38 km by road
- Bettiah (district HQ)102 km by road
- Bagha (nearest town)38 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 Balgangwa?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Balmikinagar
- ○Degree college10+ km · Bagha
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bettiah
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)6 h summer · 6 h winter

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 Balgangwa known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 5% of the 1,388 hectares of village land is sown, and 76 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 Balgangwa

Of every 100 households in Balgangwa in 2011, 28 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Balgangwa · ■ Sidhaw rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**12%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****44%**

**49%

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

**1%

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

**99%

Use banking services ****25%**

**34%

Television ****1%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****48%**

**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 Balgangwa?

■ Balgangwa · ■ Sidhaw rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****42.5%**

**52.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****942**

**934

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1018**

**969

Working population ****48.1%**

**48.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 52.0% for men and 32.2% for women. 49% of men and 47% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 7 (0%) · **■** Farm labourers 1,552 (85%) · **■** Household industry 11 (1%) · **■** Other work 4 (0%) · **■** Marginal 255 (14%)

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

- Harnatanr3,967 people
- Barwal3,850 people
- Ausani3,819 people
- Narwal3,807 people
- Nawatanwa3,662 people
- Dholbajwa3,573 people
- Paikaulia3,550 people
- Leduaphas Phaso3,492 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Balgangwa from Bettiah?102 km by road
- What is the population of Balgangwa?3,800 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balgangwa in?Pashchim Champaran district (Sidhaw sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Balgangwa?42.5% (Census 2011)