# Shiwraha Village, Sidhaw, Pashchim Champaran (Bihar)

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Village · Sidhaw, Pashchim Champaran 

# Shiwraha

Shiwraha is a village in Sidhaw sub-district of Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar, PIN code **845105**. The 2011 Census counted **1,808 people in 276 households**, the 66th largest of 159 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 45.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 52.0%.

- 1,808people (2011)
- 276households
- 45.2%literacy
- 845105PIN code

## Shiwraha PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Shiwraha is 845105.** Shiwraha falls in Sidhaw sub-district, Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar.

- PIN code845105
- Gram panchayatDholbjwa Laxmipur
- Community development blockSidhaw
- Census village code216082

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

## How far is Shiwraha from nearby towns?

- Sidhaw (sub-district HQ)18 km by road
- Bettiah (district HQ)85 km by road
- Bagha (nearest town)18 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 Shiwraha?

12 services counted by the Census are inside Shiwraha; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○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 office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watercovered wells, hand pumps and canal / river

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 Shiwraha known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 85% of the 170 hectares of village land is sown, and 145 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 Shiwraha

Of every 100 households in Shiwraha in 2011, 0 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Shiwraha · ■ Sidhaw rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**12%

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

**8%

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

**91%

Tap water ****1%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****57%**

**49%

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

**1%

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

**99%

Use banking services ****67%**

**34%

Television ****13%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****9%**

**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 Shiwraha?

■ Shiwraha · ■ Sidhaw rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****45.2%**

**52.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****903**

**934

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****820**

**969

Working population ****52.5%**

**48.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 57.3% for men and 32.1% for women. 58% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 107 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 343 (36%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 6 (1%) · **■** Marginal 486 (51%)

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

- Nayaganw1,872 people
- Sukhban1,857 people
- Majhauwa1,851 people
- Naakar Rampur1,841 people
- Pipra1,771 people
- Dhakdhaian1,753 people
- Bansganw1,748 people
- Misraulia1,747 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Shiwraha?845105
- How far is Shiwraha from Bettiah?85 km by road
- What is the population of Shiwraha?1,808 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shiwraha in?Pashchim Champaran district (Sidhaw sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Shiwraha?45.2% (Census 2011)