# Bheriharwa Village, Sikta, Pashchim Champaran (Bihar)

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Village · Sikta, Pashchim Champaran 

# Bheriharwa

Bheriharwa is a village in Sikta sub-district of Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **2,025 people in 336 households**, the 36th largest of 60 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 54.8%.

- 2,025people (2011)
- 336households
- 67.1%literacy
- 909females per 1,000 males

## Bheriharwa PIN code and other codes

Bheriharwa falls in Sikta sub-district, Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatBheriharwa
- Community development blockSikta
- Census village code217265

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

## How far is Bheriharwa 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 Bheriharwa?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Post officeIn 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 · Bettiah
- ○Degree college10+ km · Bettiah
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bettiah
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ 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 Bheriharwa known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 80% of the 163 hectares of village land is sown, and 112 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 Bheriharwa

Of every 100 households in Bheriharwa in 2011, 13 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bheriharwa · ■ Sikta rural average

Electricity for lighting ****13%**

**1%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****75%**

**87%

Tap water ****1%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****52%**

**40%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****30%**

**29%

Television ****15%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**52%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**26%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Bheriharwa?

■ Bheriharwa · ■ Sikta rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.1%**

**54.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****909**

**898

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1058**

**951

Working population ****32.7%**

**37.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.3% for men and 55.4% for women. 48% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 93 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 219 (33%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 18 (3%) · **■** Marginal 330 (50%)

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

- Narkatia2,372 people
- Kursi Barwa2,115 people
- Mathia2,049 people
- Sugaha2,029 people
- Nonia Tola1,831 people
- Basantpur1,700 people
- Mainpur1,698 people
- Patukahia1,678 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Bheriharwa from Bettiah?30 km by road
- What is the population of Bheriharwa?2,025 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bheriharwa in?Pashchim Champaran district (Sikta sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Bheriharwa?67.1% (Census 2011)