# Songaharwa Village, Sidhaw, Pashchim Champaran (Bihar)

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Village · Sidhaw, Pashchim Champaran 

# Songaharwa

Songaharwa is a village in Sidhaw sub-district of Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,476 people in 263 households**, the 96th largest of 159 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 52.0%.

- 1,476people (2011)
- 263households
- 62.2%literacy
- 1,033females per 1,000 males

## Songaharwa PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatChampapur Gonouli
- Community development blockSidhaw
- Census village code216010

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

## How far is Songaharwa from nearby towns?

- Sidhaw (sub-district HQ)35 km by road
- Bettiah (district HQ)110 km by road
- Bagha (nearest town)23 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 Songaharwa?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn 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 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 waterhand pumps
- Electricity (2011)4 h summer · 3 h winter

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 Songaharwa known for?

About 88% of the 114 hectares of village land is sown.

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

## Homes and amenities in Songaharwa

Of every 100 households in Songaharwa in 2011, 30 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Songaharwa · ■ Sidhaw rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**12%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****27%**

**49%

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

**1%

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

**99%

Use banking services ****21%**

**34%

Television ****22%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**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 Songaharwa?

■ Songaharwa · ■ Sidhaw rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.2%**

**52.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1033**

**934

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1134**

**969

Working population ****53.0%**

**48.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.1% for men and 51.5% for women. 52% of men and 54% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 120 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 47 (6%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 14 (2%) · **■** Marginal 597 (76%)

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

- Serahwa1,494 people
- Dewriya1,490 people
- Gonauli1,484 people
- Ratanpurwa1,482 people
- Matiaria1,449 people
- Bauridouri1,443 people
- Ramauliya1,427 people
- Patherwa1,424 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Songaharwa from Bettiah?110 km by road
- What is the population of Songaharwa?1,476 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Songaharwa in?Pashchim Champaran district (Sidhaw sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Songaharwa?62.2% (Census 2011)