Village · Chiraia, Purba Champaran
# Sharaun Garh

Sharaun Garh is a village in Chiraia sub-district of Purba Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted 5,680 people in 1,269 households, the 15th largest of 41 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 45.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 50.1%.
- 5,680 people (2011)
- 1,269 households
- 45.3% literacy
- 851 females per 1,000 males

## Sharaun Garh PIN code and other codes

Sharaun Garh falls in Chiraia sub-district, Purba Champaran district, Bihar.
- Gram panchayat Sarougad
- Community development block Chiraia
- Census village code 217890

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

## How far is Sharaun Garh from nearby towns?
- Chiraia (sub-district HQ) 15 km by road
- Motihari (district HQ) 20 km by road
- Dhaka (nearest town) 20 km by road

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

## What facilities are there in Sharaun Garh?

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

### In the village
- ● Pre-primary school In village · 1 private
- ● Primary school In village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ● Middle school In village · 1 govt
- ● Mobile phone coverage In village
- ● Pucca (black-topped) road In village
- ● All-weather road In village
- ● Agricultural credit society In village
- ● Ration (PDS) shop In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village
- ● Polling station In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school 10+ km · Chiraia
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Motihari
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Motihari
- ○ Primary health centre 5–10 km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km
- ○ Dispensary 5–10 km
- ○ Post office 5–10 km
- ○ Public bus service 10+ km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ ATM 10+ km
- ○ Commercial bank 10+ km
- ○ Mandi / regular market 5–10 km
- ○ Public library 10+ km

### Water and power
- Drinking water covered wells, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river

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

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Sharaun Garh known for?

The main crops are paddy. About 86% of the 718 hectares of village land is sown, and 170 hectares are irrigated.

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

## Homes and amenities in Sharaun Garh

Of every 100 households in Sharaun Garh in 2011, 7 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sharaun Garh · ■ Chiraia rural average
- Electricity for lighting 7% 7%
- Toilet within the home 4% 16%
- No toilet (open defecation) 96% 84%
- Tap water 0% 2%
- Drinking water within premises 22% 45%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 3%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 99% 95%
- Use banking services 11% 36%
- Television 2% 8%
- Mobile phone 32% 57%
- Computer with internet 0% 1%
- Two-wheeler 4% 7%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 2%
- None of these assets 19% 16%
- Own their home 100% 98%

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

## What is the population of Sharaun Garh?

■ Sharaun Garh · ■ Chiraia rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 45.3% 50.1%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 851 890
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 944 915
- Working population 36.4% 32.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 55.1% for men and 33.5% for women. 46% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 500 (24%) · ■ Farm labourers 810 (39%) · ■ Household industry 11 (1%) · ■ Other work 71 (3%) · ■ Marginal 676 (33%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Chiraia
- Pakri Kapur 9,062 people
- Rupahra 6,829 people
- Madhubani 6,269 people
- Misrauliya 5,741 people
- Khorha 5,207 people
- Parewa 5,095 people
- Baijnathpur 4,654 people
- Katkuian 4,617 people

All 41 villages in Chiraia

## Quick answers
- How far is Sharaun Garh from Motihari? 20 km by road
- What is the population of Sharaun Garh? 5,680 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sharaun Garh in? Purba Champaran district (Chiraia sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Sharaun Garh? 45.3% (Census 2011)

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