# Maswas Village, Sikta, Pashchim Champaran (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Sikta, Pashchim Champaran 

# Maswas

Maswas is a village in Sikta sub-district of Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **4,346 people in 639 households**, the 13th largest of 60 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 48.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 54.8%.

- 4,346people (2011)
- 639households
- 48.6%literacy
- 866females per 1,000 males

## Maswas PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatMaswas
- Community development blockSikta
- Census village code217270

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

## How far is Maswas from nearby towns?

- Sikta (sub-district HQ)35 km by road
- Bettiah (district HQ)50 km by road
- Bettiah (nearest town)50 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 Maswas?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn 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
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes

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 Maswas known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 79% of the 325 hectares of village land is sown, and 159 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 Maswas

Of every 100 households in Maswas in 2011, 1 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 66 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Maswas · ■ Sikta rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**1%

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

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**87%

Tap water ****1%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****35%**

**40%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****13%**

**29%

Television ****5%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****66%**

**52%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**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 Maswas?

■ Maswas · ■ Sikta rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****48.6%**

**54.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****866**

**898

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****908**

**951

Working population ****47.5%**

**37.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 62.1% for men and 32.8% for women. 50% of men and 45% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 74 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 1,236 (60%) · **■** Other work 17 (1%) · **■** Marginal 737 (36%)

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

- Surajpur5,045 people
- Sirsiya4,711 people
- Bhaunara4,530 people
- Parsauni Murli4,515 people
- Shikarpur4,201 people
- Jhakhra3,719 people
- Jagarnathpur3,631 people
- Senuariya3,596 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Maswas from Bettiah?50 km by road
- What is the population of Maswas?4,346 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maswas in?Pashchim Champaran district (Sikta sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Maswas?48.6% (Census 2011)