# Ghurauli Village, Sidhaw, Pashchim Champaran (Bihar)

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Village · Sidhaw, Pashchim Champaran 

# Ghurauli

Ghurauli is a village in Sidhaw sub-district of Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,640 people in 269 households**, the 78th largest of 159 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 52.0%.

- 1,640people (2011)
- 269households
- 56.7%literacy
- 983females per 1,000 males

## Ghurauli PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatNorangiya Dardri
- Community development blockSidhaw
- Census village code216017

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

## How far is Ghurauli from nearby towns?

- Sidhaw (sub-district HQ)30 km by road
- Bettiah (district HQ)95 km by road
- Bagha (nearest town)32 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 Ghurauli?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Ghurauli; 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
- ●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 centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ 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 Ghurauli known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 86% of the 380 hectares of village land is sown, and 303 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 Ghurauli

Of every 100 households in Ghurauli in 2011, 0 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Ghurauli · ■ Sidhaw rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**12%

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

**8%

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

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****36%**

**49%

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

**1%

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

**99%

Use banking services ****34%**

**34%

Television ****7%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****19%**

**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 Ghurauli?

■ Ghurauli · ■ Sidhaw rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.7%**

**52.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****983**

**934

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1069**

**969

Working population ****61.7%**

**48.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.1% for men and 46.9% for women. 64% of men and 59% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 148 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 227 (22%) · **■** Other work 23 (2%) · **■** Marginal 614 (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

- Narainapur1,682 people
- Daruabari1,672 people
- Dudhaura1,666 people
- Batsara1,661 people
- Mahdewa1,621 people
- Machharganwan1,607 people
- Semra1,605 people
- Balkahwa1,599 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Ghurauli from Bettiah?95 km by road
- What is the population of Ghurauli?1,640 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghurauli in?Pashchim Champaran district (Sidhaw sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Ghurauli?56.7% (Census 2011)