# Dih Mahuahi Village, Chiraia, Purba Champaran (Bihar)

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Village · Chiraia, Purba Champaran 

# Dih Mahuahi

Dih Mahuahi is a village in Chiraia sub-district of Purba Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **603 people in 124 households**, the 39th largest of 41 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 31.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 50.1%.

- 603people (2011)
- 124households
- 31.3%literacy
- 827females per 1,000 males

## Dih Mahuahi PIN code and other codes

Dih Mahuahi falls in Chiraia sub-district, Purba Champaran district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatKhoda
- Community development blockChiraia
- Census village code217889

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

## How far is Dih Mahuahi from nearby towns?

- Chiraia (sub-district HQ)6 km by road
- Motihari (district HQ)20 km by road
- Dhaka (nearest town)10 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 Dih Mahuahi?

6 services counted by the Census are inside Dih Mahuahi; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary school5–10 km · Baijnathpur
- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Motihari
- ○Degree college10+ km · Motihari
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Motihari
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watercovered wells, hand 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 Dih Mahuahi known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 96% of the 134 hectares of village land is sown, and 102 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 Dih Mahuahi

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

■ Dih Mahuahi · ■ Chiraia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**7%

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

**16%

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

**84%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****15%**

**45%

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

**3%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****6%**

**36%

Television ****7%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****66%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**7%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****15%**

**16%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Dih Mahuahi?

■ Dih Mahuahi · ■ Chiraia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****31.3%**

**50.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****827**

**890

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****816**

**915

Working population ****22.6%**

**32.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 37.1% for men and 24.4% for women. 40% of men and 1% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

****

**■** Farm labourers 1 (1%) · **■** Marginal 135 (99%)

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 Chiraia

- Partapur1,452 people
- Jaipal Tola1,336 people
- Kohbarwa1,077 people
- Baluahi966 people
- Babhnaula urf Phulwar Khurd186 people
- Sakri167 people

[All 41 villages in Chiraia](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/purba-champaran/chiraia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Dih Mahuahi from Motihari?20 km by road
- What is the population of Dih Mahuahi?603 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dih Mahuahi in?Purba Champaran district (Chiraia sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Dih Mahuahi?31.3% (Census 2011)