# Mahuar Village, Sidhaw, Pashchim Champaran (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Sidhaw, Pashchim Champaran 

# Mahuar

Mahuar is a village in Sidhaw sub-district of Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **2,436 people in 466 households**, the 38th largest of 159 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 49.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 52.0%.

- 2,436people (2011)
- 466households
- 49.4%literacy
- 920females per 1,000 males

## Mahuar PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatSemra Katkuiya
- Community development blockSidhaw
- Census village code216140

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

## How far is Mahuar from nearby towns?

- Sidhaw (sub-district HQ)18 km by road
- Bettiah (district HQ)78 km by road
- Bagha (nearest town)9 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 Mahuar?

11 services counted by the Census are inside Mahuar; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Bagha
- ○Degree college10+ km · Bagha
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bettiah
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watercovered wells and hand 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 Mahuar known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 91% of the 154 hectares of village land is sown, and 140 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 Mahuar

Of every 100 households in Mahuar in 2011, 0 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Mahuar · ■ Sidhaw rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**12%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****26%**

**49%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**99%

Use banking services ****23%**

**34%

Television ****6%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****46%**

**23%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Mahuar?

■ Mahuar · ■ Sidhaw rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****49.4%**

**52.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****920**

**934

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****951**

**969

Working population ****51.2%**

**48.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 61.5% for men and 36.3% for women. 53% of men and 50% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 133 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 635 (51%) · **■** Household industry 5 (0%) · **■** Other work 39 (3%) · **■** Marginal 436 (35%)

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

- Kataha2,613 people
- Bairiya Khurd2,567 people
- Tri-Bhauni2,540 people
- Kadamha2,442 people
- Pipra Dharauli2,374 people
- Dardari2,291 people
- Tonwa2,290 people
- Tariwanwa2,275 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Mahuar from Bettiah?78 km by road
- What is the population of Mahuar?2,436 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahuar in?Pashchim Champaran district (Sidhaw sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Mahuar?49.4% (Census 2011)