# Khurharia Village, Sidhaw, Pashchim Champaran (Bihar)

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Village · Sidhaw, Pashchim Champaran 

# Khurharia

Khurharia is a village in Sidhaw sub-district of Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **677 people in 120 households**, the 140th largest of 159 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 22.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 52.0%.

- 677people (2011)
- 120households
- 22.2%literacy
- 881females per 1,000 males

## Khurharia PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatSemra Katkuiya
- Community development blockSidhaw
- Census village code216115

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

## How far is Khurharia from nearby towns?

- Sidhaw (sub-district HQ)18 km by road
- Bettiah (district HQ)80 km by road
- Bagha (nearest town)15 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 Khurharia?

3 services counted by the Census are inside Khurharia; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Semra
- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Medraul
- ○Degree college10+ km · Bagha
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bettiah
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 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 Khurharia known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 97% of the 115 hectares of village land is sown, and 112 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 Khurharia

Of every 100 households in Khurharia in 2011, 0 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Khurharia · ■ 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 ****61%**

**49%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**99%

Use banking services ****3%**

**34%

Television ****3%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****37%**

**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 Khurharia?

■ Khurharia · ■ Sidhaw rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****22.2%**

**52.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****881**

**934

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****700**

**969

Working population ****51.8%**

**48.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 23.9% for men and 20.3% for women. 53% of men and 50% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 74 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 261 (74%) · **■** Other work 4 (1%) · **■** Marginal 12 (3%)

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

- Jamunapur821 people
- Kotaraha788 people
- Jhankaul712 people
- Bangaria677 people
- Gorkati671 people
- Sabeya Musai646 people
- Gorar640 people
- Dhandhi581 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Khurharia from Bettiah?80 km by road
- What is the population of Khurharia?677 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Khurharia in?Pashchim Champaran district (Sidhaw sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Khurharia?22.2% (Census 2011)