Village · Sidhaw, Pashchim Champaran
# Kerai Berai

Kerai Berai is a village in Sidhaw sub-district of Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted 1,403 people in 230 households, the 103rd largest of 159 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 20.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 52.0%.
- 1,403 people (2011)
- 230 households
- 20.1% literacy
- 938 females per 1,000 males

## Kerai Berai PIN code and other codes

Kerai Berai falls in Sidhaw sub-district, Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar.
- Gram panchayat Pakwaliya Maryadpur
- Community development block Sidhaw
- Census village code 216083

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## How far is Kerai Berai from nearby towns?
- Sidhaw (sub-district HQ) 20 km by road
- Bettiah (district HQ) 100 km by road
- Bagha (nearest town) 18 km by road

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## What facilities are there in Kerai Berai?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Kerai Berai; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Mobile phone coverage In village
- ● Private bus service In village
- ● State highway In village
- ● Pucca (black-topped) road In village
- ● All-weather road In village
- ● Ration (PDS) shop In village
- ● Mandi / regular market In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● Community centre In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Primary school under 5 km · Medraul
- ○ Senior secondary school under 5 km · Medraul
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Bagha
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Bettiah
- ○ Primary health centre 5–10 km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km
- ○ Dispensary 10+ km
- ○ Post office 10+ km
- ○ Public bus service 10+ km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ ATM 10+ km
- ○ Commercial bank under 5 km
- ○ Public library 10+ km

### Water and power
- Drinking water hand pumps and canal / river

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Kerai Berai known for?

The main crops are paddy. About 83% of the 149 hectares of village land is sown, and 122 hectares are irrigated.

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## Homes and amenities in Kerai Berai

Of every 100 households in Kerai Berai in 2011, 2 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kerai Berai · ■ Sidhaw rural average
- Electricity for lighting 2% 12%
- Toilet within the home 2% 8%
- No toilet (open defecation) 98% 91%
- Tap water 0% 3%
- Drinking water within premises 48% 49%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 1% 1%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 99% 99%
- Use banking services 46% 34%
- Television 5% 9%
- Mobile phone 50% 45%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 1% 5%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 16% 23%
- Own their home 100% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Kerai Berai?

■ Kerai Berai · ■ Sidhaw rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 20.1% 52.0%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 938 934
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 887 969
- Working population 51.8% 48.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 26.0% for men and 13.9% for women. 55% of men and 49% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 37 (5%) · ■ Farm labourers 651 (90%) · ■ Household industry 11 (2%) · ■ Other work 18 (2%) · ■ Marginal 10 (1%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Sidhaw
- Ramauliya 1,427 people
- Patherwa 1,424 people
- Budhsar 1,411 people
- Bharauliya 1,409 people
- Bariarwa 1,374 people
- Bakulia 1,280 people
- Bhinda Chaur 1,279 people
- Barwa 1,211 people

All 175 villages in Sidhaw

## Quick answers
- How far is Kerai Berai from Bettiah? 100 km by road
- What is the population of Kerai Berai? 1,403 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kerai Berai in? Pashchim Champaran district (Sidhaw sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Kerai Berai? 20.1% (Census 2011)

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