# Behri Bankatwa Village, Sikta, Pashchim Champaran (Bihar)

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Village · Sikta, Pashchim Champaran 

# Behri Bankatwa

Behri Bankatwa is a village in Sikta sub-district of Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,622 people in 297 households**, the 41st largest of 60 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 43.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 54.8%.

- 1,622people (2011)
- 297households
- 43.8%literacy
- 908females per 1,000 males

## Behri Bankatwa PIN code and other codes

Behri Bankatwa falls in Sikta sub-district, Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatBehri Bankatwa
- Community development blockSikta
- Census village code217245

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

## How far is Behri Bankatwa from nearby towns?

- Sikta (sub-district HQ)34 km by road
- Bettiah (district HQ)30 km by road
- Bettiah (nearest town)30 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 Behri Bankatwa?

5 services counted by the Census are inside Behri Bankatwa; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Bettiah
- ○Degree college10+ km · Bettiah
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bettiah
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 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 Behri Bankatwa known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 92% of the 295 hectares of village land is sown, and 151 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 Behri Bankatwa

Of every 100 households in Behri Bankatwa in 2011, 1 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Behri Bankatwa · ■ Sikta rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**1%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**87%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****21%**

**40%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**96%

Use banking services ****14%**

**29%

Television ****0%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**52%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****41%**

**26%

Own their home ****98%**

**99%

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 Behri Bankatwa?

■ Behri Bankatwa · ■ Sikta rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****43.8%**

**54.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****908**

**898

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****907**

**951

Working population ****35.7%**

**37.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 51.3% for men and 35.5% for women. 53% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 51 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Household industry 21 (4%) · **■** Other work 29 (5%) · **■** Marginal 477 (82%)

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 Sikta

- Nonia Tola1,831 people
- Basantpur1,700 people
- Mainpur1,698 people
- Patukahia1,678 people
- Pasrampur1,620 people
- Majharia1,535 people
- Patkhaulia1,497 people
- Bahuarwa1,297 people

[All 61 villages in Sikta](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/pashchim-champaran/sikta/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Behri Bankatwa from Bettiah?30 km by road
- What is the population of Behri Bankatwa?1,622 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Behri Bankatwa in?Pashchim Champaran district (Sikta sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Behri Bankatwa?43.8% (Census 2011)