# Parsotimpur Village, Sikta, Pashchim Champaran (Bihar)

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Village · Sikta, Pashchim Champaran 

# Parsotimpur

Parsotimpur is a village in Sikta sub-district of Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **596 people in 131 households**, the 53rd largest of 60 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 48.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 54.8%.

- 596people (2011)
- 131households
- 48.6%literacy
- 779females per 1,000 males

## Parsotimpur PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatParsotimpur
- Community development blockSikta
- Census village code217258

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

## How far is Parsotimpur from nearby towns?

- Sikta (sub-district HQ)29 km by road
- Bettiah (district HQ)32 km by road
- Bettiah (nearest town)32 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 Parsotimpur?

4 services counted by the Census are inside Parsotimpur; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Haripur
- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Bettiah
- ○Degree college10+ km · Bettiah
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bettiah
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river

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 Parsotimpur known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 83% of the 126 hectares of village land is sown, and 21 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 Parsotimpur

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

■ Parsotimpur · ■ Sikta rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**1%

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

**12%

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

**87%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****95%**

**40%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****0%**

**29%

Television ****0%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****10%**

**52%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****75%**

**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 Parsotimpur?

■ Parsotimpur · ■ Sikta rural average

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

**54.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****779**

**898

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1389**

**951

Working population ****28.0%**

**37.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 54.3% for men and 41.1% for women. 49% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 142 (85%) · **■** Farm labourers 23 (14%) · **■** Other work 2 (1%)

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

- Bhaunri1,126 people
- Bahuarwa830 people
- Luathaha774 people
- Mujauna640 people
- Kangli591 people
- Indarwa534 people
- Khapparsa312 people
- Siswania211 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Parsotimpur from Bettiah?32 km by road
- What is the population of Parsotimpur?596 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Parsotimpur in?Pashchim Champaran district (Sikta sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Parsotimpur?48.6% (Census 2011)