# Barba Kalan Village, Sidhaw, Pashchim Champaran (Bihar)

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Village · Sidhaw, Pashchim Champaran 

# Barba Kalan

Barba Kalan is a village in Sidhaw sub-district of Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,884 people in 333 households**, the 60th largest of 159 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 52.0%.

- 1,884people (2011)
- 333households
- 55.1%literacy
- 977females per 1,000 males

## Barba Kalan PIN code and other codes

Barba Kalan falls in Sidhaw sub-district, Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatDevriya Taruanwa
- Community development blockSidhaw
- Census village code216066

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

## How far is Barba Kalan from nearby towns?

- Sidhaw (sub-district HQ)25 km by road
- Bettiah (district HQ)95 km by road
- Bagha (nearest town)24 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 Barba Kalan?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Barba Kalan; 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
- ●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 school5–10 km · Harnatarn
- ○Degree college10+ km · Bagha
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bettiah
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM10+ 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 Barba Kalan known for?

About 41% of the 411 hectares of village land is sown.

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

## Homes and amenities in Barba Kalan

Of every 100 households in Barba Kalan in 2011, 0 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Barba Kalan · ■ Sidhaw rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**12%

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

**8%

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

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****40%**

**49%

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

**1%

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

**99%

Use banking services ****36%**

**34%

Television ****5%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**23%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Barba Kalan?

■ Barba Kalan · ■ Sidhaw rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.1%**

**52.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****977**

**934

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1074**

**969

Working population ****48.6%**

**48.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.4% for men and 43.3% for women. 55% of men and 42% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 162 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 575 (63%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 7 (1%) · **■** Marginal 169 (18%)

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

- Belwachakhni1,950 people
- Amwa1,941 people
- Bharchhi1,935 people
- Singari1,926 people
- Jamira1,878 people
- Nayaganw1,872 people
- Sukhban1,857 people
- Majhauwa1,851 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Barba Kalan from Bettiah?95 km by road
- What is the population of Barba Kalan?1,884 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barba Kalan in?Pashchim Champaran district (Sidhaw sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Barba Kalan?55.1% (Census 2011)