# Dharahia Village, Sidhaw, Pashchim Champaran (Bihar)

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Village · Sidhaw, Pashchim Champaran 

# Dharahia

Dharahia is a village in Sidhaw sub-district of Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **2,243 people in 403 households**, the 43rd largest of 159 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 43.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 52.0%.

- 2,243people (2011)
- 403households
- 43.5%literacy
- 934females per 1,000 males

## Dharahia PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatJimri Noutnwa
- Community development blockSidhaw
- Census village code216077

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

## How far is Dharahia from nearby towns?

- Sidhaw (sub-district HQ)20 km by road
- Bettiah (district HQ)75 km by road
- Bagha (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 Dharahia?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Dharahia; 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

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Bagha
- ○Degree college10+ km · Bagha
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bettiah
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps 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 Dharahia known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 90% of the 359 hectares of village land is sown, and 324 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 Dharahia

Of every 100 households in Dharahia in 2011, 0 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 49 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dharahia · ■ Sidhaw rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**12%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****93%**

**49%

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

**1%

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

**99%

Use banking services ****26%**

**34%

Television ****6%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****49%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****31%**

**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 Dharahia?

■ Dharahia · ■ Sidhaw rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****43.5%**

**52.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****934**

**934

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****904**

**969

Working population ****58.8%**

**48.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 57.1% for men and 29.0% for women. 60% of men and 57% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 87 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 369 (28%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 46 (3%) · **■** Marginal 809 (61%)

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

- Pipra Dharauli2,374 people
- Dardari2,291 people
- Tonwa2,290 people
- Tariwanwa2,275 people
- Bairiya Kalan2,192 people
- Bhelahi2,192 people
- Khajoria2,172 people
- Lachhmipur2,116 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Dharahia from Bettiah?75 km by road
- What is the population of Dharahia?2,243 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dharahia in?Pashchim Champaran district (Sidhaw sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Dharahia?43.5% (Census 2011)