# Kerai Village, Sidhaw, Pashchim Champaran (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Sidhaw, Pashchim Champaran 

# Kerai

Kerai is a village in Sidhaw sub-district of Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **998 people in 157 households**, the 121st largest of 159 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 52.0%.

- 998people (2011)
- 157households
- 67.1%literacy
- 1,049females per 1,000 males

## Kerai PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatNorangiya Dardri
- Community development blockSidhaw
- Census village code216015

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

## How far is Kerai from nearby towns?

- Sidhaw (sub-district HQ)25 km by road
- Bettiah (district HQ)90 km by road
- Bagha (nearest town)30 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 Kerai?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Kerai; 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 centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 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 Kerai known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 85% of the 140 hectares of village land is sown, and 119 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 Kerai

Of every 100 households in Kerai in 2011, 0 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kerai · ■ Sidhaw rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**12%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****66%**

**49%

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

**1%

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

**99%

Use banking services ****49%**

**34%

Television ****9%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**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 Kerai?

■ Kerai · ■ Sidhaw rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.1%**

**52.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1049**

**934

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1118**

**969

Working population ****69.3%**

**48.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.0% for men and 63.4% for women. 69% of men and 69% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 42 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 211 (30%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 39 (6%) · **■** Marginal 394 (57%)

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

- Tikulia1,033 people
- Bankatwa1,023 people
- Darhia1,016 people
- Medraul1,013 people
- Mahuawa992 people
- Bindauliya985 people
- Chamwalia983 people
- Amhat980 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Kerai from Bettiah?90 km by road
- What is the population of Kerai?998 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kerai in?Pashchim Champaran district (Sidhaw sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Kerai?67.1% (Census 2011)