Village · Bankatwa, Purba Champaran
# Barhawa

Barhawa is a village in Bankatwa sub-district of Purba Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted 2,843 people in 394 households, the 10th largest of 20 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 34.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 50.6%.
- 2,843 people (2011)
- 394 households
- 34.1% literacy
- 911 females per 1,000 males

## Barhawa PIN code and other codes

Barhawa falls in Bankatwa sub-district, Purba Champaran district, Bihar.
- Gram panchayat Jhanjhara
- Community development block Bankatwa
- Census village code 217756

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

## How far is Barhawa from nearby towns?
- Bankatwa (sub-district HQ) 1 km by road
- Motihari (district HQ) 42 km by road
- Dhaka (nearest town) 25 km by road

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

## What facilities are there in Barhawa?

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

### In the village
- ● Pre-primary school In village · 1 private
- ● Primary school In village · 2 govt
- ● Mobile phone coverage In village
- ● Pucca (black-topped) road In village
- ● Agricultural credit society In village
- ● Ration (PDS) shop In village
- ● Mandi / regular market In village
- ● Weekly haat In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village
- ● Polling station In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school 5–10 km · Chakia
- ○ Degree college 5–10 km · Chakia
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Motihari
- ○ Primary health centre under 5 km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km
- ○ Dispensary 10+ km
- ○ Post office 5–10 km
- ○ Public bus service 5–10 km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ ATM 5–10 km
- ○ Commercial bank under 5 km
- ○ Public library 5–10 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 Barhawa known for?

The main crops are paddy and wheat. About 79% of the 198 hectares of village land is sown, and 109 hectares are irrigated.

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

## Homes and amenities in Barhawa

Of every 100 households in Barhawa in 2011, 5 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Barhawa · ■ Bankatwa rural average
- Electricity for lighting 5% 2%
- Toilet within the home 8% 15%
- No toilet (open defecation) 92% 84%
- Tap water 0% 1%
- Drinking water within premises 14% 36%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 97%
- Use banking services 32% 38%
- Television 11% 6%
- Mobile phone 36% 58%
- Computer with internet 1% 0%
- Two-wheeler 5% 6%
- Car / jeep / van 2% 1%
- None of these assets 14% 16%
- Own their home 100% 99%

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

## What is the population of Barhawa?

■ Barhawa · ■ Bankatwa rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 34.1% 50.6%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 911 916
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 986 937
- Working population 56.0% 39.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 47.1% for men and 19.4% for women. 57% of men and 54% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 16 (1%) · ■ Farm labourers 220 (14%) · ■ Household industry 41 (3%) · ■ Other work 101 (6%) · ■ Marginal 1,213 (76%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Bankatwa
- Semri 5,017 people
- Bankatwa 4,963 people
- Pakariya 4,768 people
- Jitpur 3,315 people
- Majirwa 2,676 people
- Jagirha Kamraula 2,559 people
- Jolahgawan 2,473 people
- KudarKat 2,178 people

All 23 villages in Bankatwa

## Quick answers
- How far is Barhawa from Motihari? 42 km by road
- What is the population of Barhawa? 2,843 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barhawa in? Purba Champaran district (Bankatwa sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Barhawa? 34.1% (Census 2011)

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