# Pharsahni Village, Sidhaw, Pashchim Champaran (Bihar)

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Village · Sidhaw, Pashchim Champaran 

# Pharsahni

Pharsahni is a village in Sidhaw sub-district of Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,959 people in 348 households**, the 55th largest of 159 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 52.0%.

- 1,959people (2011)
- 348households
- 52.9%literacy
- 934females per 1,000 males

## Pharsahni PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatYamunapur Tadwaliya
- Community development blockSidhaw
- Census village code216124

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

## How far is Pharsahni from nearby towns?

- Sidhaw (sub-district HQ)8 km by road
- Bettiah (district HQ)73 km by road
- Bagha (nearest town)19 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 Pharsahni?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●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
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Bagha
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Bagha
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bettiah
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 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 Pharsahni known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 99% of the 101 hectares of village land is sown, and 93 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 Pharsahni

Of every 100 households in Pharsahni in 2011, 0 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Pharsahni · ■ Sidhaw rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**12%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****33%**

**49%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

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

**99%

Use banking services ****39%**

**34%

Television ****6%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****27%**

**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 Pharsahni?

■ Pharsahni · ■ Sidhaw rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****52.9%**

**52.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****934**

**934

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1063**

**969

Working population ****43.8%**

**48.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 59.9% for men and 45.1% for women. 54% of men and 33% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 40 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 405 (47%) · **■** Household industry 4 (0%) · **■** Other work 17 (2%) · **■** Marginal 392 (46%)

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

- Sidhawa2,014 people
- Jharharwa2,006 people
- Lachhmipur1,993 people
- Marjadpur1,981 people
- Belwachakhni1,950 people
- Amwa1,941 people
- Bharchhi1,935 people
- Singari1,926 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Pharsahni from Bettiah?73 km by road
- What is the population of Pharsahni?1,959 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pharsahni in?Pashchim Champaran district (Sidhaw sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Pharsahni?52.9% (Census 2011)