Village · Sidhaw, Pashchim Champaran
# Tarwalia

Tarwalia is a village in Sidhaw sub-district of Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted 1,530 people in 277 households, the 87th largest of 159 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 54.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 52.0%.
- 1,530 people (2011)
- 277 households
- 54.3% literacy
- 942 females per 1,000 males

## Tarwalia PIN code and other codes

Tarwalia falls in Sidhaw sub-district, Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar.
- Gram panchayat Yamunapur Tadwaliya
- Community development block Sidhaw
- Census village code 216118

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## How far is Tarwalia from nearby towns?
- Sidhaw (sub-district HQ) 9 km by road
- Bettiah (district HQ) 74 km by road
- Bagha (nearest town) 9 km by road

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## What facilities are there in Tarwalia?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Tarwalia; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Primary school In village · 1 govt
- ● Post office In village
- ● Mobile phone coverage In village
- ● All-weather road In village
- ● Ration (PDS) shop In village
- ● Mandi / regular market In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village
- ● Community centre In village
- ● Polling station In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school 5–10 km · Bagha
- ○ Degree college 5–10 km · Bagha
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Bettiah
- ○ Primary health centre 5–10 km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 5–10 km
- ○ Dispensary 5–10 km
- ○ Public bus service 5–10 km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ ATM 10+ km
- ○ Commercial bank 5–10 km
- ○ Public library 10+ km

### Water and power
- Drinking water hand pumps

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Tarwalia known for?

The main crops are paddy. About 96% of the 243 hectares of village land is sown, and 234 hectares are irrigated.

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## Homes and amenities in Tarwalia

Of every 100 households in Tarwalia in 2011, 0 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 63 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Tarwalia · ■ 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 54% 49%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 2% 1%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 98% 99%
- Use banking services 62% 34%
- Television 9% 9%
- Mobile phone 63% 45%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 9% 5%
- Car / jeep / van 3% 1%
- None of these assets 18% 23%
- Own their home 98% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Tarwalia?

■ Tarwalia · ■ Sidhaw rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 54.3% 52.0%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 942 934
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 941 969
- Working population 48.0% 48.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.5% for men and 38.3% for women. 52% of men and 44% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 34 (5%) · ■ Farm labourers 49 (7%) · ■ Household industry 3 (0%) · ■ Other work 162 (22%) · ■ Marginal 487 (66%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Sidhaw
- Hathiwanwan 1,599 people
- Kunai Lachhmipur 1,588 people
- Santpur 1,552 people
- Pipra 1,536 people
- Khamaura 1,522 people
- Shiunaha 1,520 people
- Serahwa 1,509 people
- Goiti 1,495 people

All 175 villages in Sidhaw

## Quick answers
- How far is Tarwalia from Bettiah? 74 km by road
- What is the population of Tarwalia? 1,530 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tarwalia in? Pashchim Champaran district (Sidhaw sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Tarwalia? 54.3% (Census 2011)

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