# Amwa Village, Kotwa, Purba Champaran (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Kotwa, Purba Champaran 

# Amwa

Amwa is a village in Kotwa sub-district of Purba Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,798 people in 324 households**, the 27th largest of 44 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 54.2%.

- 1,798people (2011)
- 324households
- 58.0%literacy
- 854females per 1,000 males

## Amwa PIN code and other codes

Amwa falls in Kotwa sub-district, Purba Champaran district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatAmwa
- Community development blockKotwa
- Census village code218388

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

## How far is Amwa from nearby towns?

- Kotwa (sub-district HQ)6 km by road
- Motihari (district HQ)32 km by road
- Motihari (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 Amwa?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Amwa; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Bhopatpur
- ○Degree college10+ km · Motihari
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Motihari
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps

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 Amwa known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 59% of the 306 hectares of village land is sown, and 132 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 Amwa

Of every 100 households in Amwa in 2011, 0 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 60 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Amwa · ■ Kotwa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**2%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****81%**

**86%

Tap water ****1%**

**0%

Drinking water within premises ****67%**

**52%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**98%

Use banking services ****55%**

**50%

Television ****2%**

**4%

Mobile phone ****60%**

**65%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**2%

None of these assets ****18%**

**15%

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 Amwa?

■ Amwa · ■ Kotwa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.0%**

**54.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****854**

**896

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****910**

**918

Working population ****40.7%**

**38.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.6% for men and 44.2% for women. 49% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 123 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 426 (58%) · **■** Other work 121 (17%) · **■** Marginal 61 (8%)

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 Kotwa

- Sirsia2,150 people
- Bairia1,949 people
- Kalyanpur Khas1,850 people
- Talwa1,828 people
- Mathurapur Math Gopal1,731 people
- Chiuntaha1,575 people
- Talwa Pokhar1,556 people
- Pakri Asok1,545 people

[All 45 villages in Kotwa](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/purba-champaran/kotwa/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Amwa from Motihari?32 km by road
- What is the population of Amwa?1,798 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Amwa in?Purba Champaran district (Kotwa sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Amwa?58.0% (Census 2011)