Village · Madhuban, Purba Champaran # Bara Gobind Tola Sawangiya Bara Gobind Tola Sawangiya is a village in Madhuban sub-district of Purba Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted 5,840 people in 1,234 households, the 5th largest of 54 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 43.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 49.8%. - 5,840 people (2011) - 1,234 households - 43.5% literacy - 904 females per 1,000 males ## Bara Gobind Tola Sawangiya PIN code and other codes Bara Gobind Tola Sawangiya falls in Madhuban sub-district, Purba Champaran district, Bihar. - Gram panchayat Sawangiya - Community development block Madhuban - Census village code 218599 Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory. ## How far is Bara Gobind Tola Sawangiya from nearby towns? - Madhuban (sub-district HQ) 10 km by road - Motihari (district HQ) 45 km by road - Madhuban (nearest town) 10 km by road Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory. ## What facilities are there in Bara Gobind Tola Sawangiya? 12 services counted by the Census are inside Bara Gobind Tola Sawangiya; 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 · 2 govt · 1 private - ● Health sub-centre In village · 1 · 1 doctors - ● Maternity & child welfare centre In village · 1 · 1 doctors - ● Family welfare centre In village · 1 · 1 doctors - ● Post office In village - ● All-weather road In village - ● Agricultural credit society In village - ● Anganwadi centre In village - ● ASHA health worker In village - ● Polling station In village ### Nearest outside - ○ Senior secondary school 5–10 km · Madhuban - ○ Degree college 10+ km · Chakiya - ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Motihari - ○ Primary health centre 10+ km - ○ Allopathic hospital 5–10 km - ○ Dispensary under 5 km - ○ Public bus service 5–10 km - ○ Railway station 5–10 km - ○ ATM 5–10 km - ○ Commercial bank 5–10 km - ○ Ration (PDS) shop under 5 km - ○ Mandi / regular market under 5 km - ○ Public library 5–10 km ### Water and power - Drinking water hand pumps - Electricity (2011) 2 h summer · 3 h winter Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory. Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed. ## What is Bara Gobind Tola Sawangiya known for? The main crops are paddy. About 64% of the 684 hectares of village land is sown, and 264 hectares are irrigated. Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory. ## Homes and amenities in Bara Gobind Tola Sawangiya Of every 100 households in Bara Gobind Tola Sawangiya in 2011, 0 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 5 a car. ■ Bara Gobind Tola Sawangiya · ■ Madhuban rural average - Electricity for lighting 0% 3% - Toilet within the home 6% 13% - No toilet (open defecation) 94% 86% - Tap water 0% 3% - Drinking water within premises 47% 49% - Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 1% - Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 97% - Use banking services 33% 41% - Television 7% 7% - Mobile phone 48% 54% - Computer with internet 6% 2% - Two-wheeler 7% 7% - Car / jeep / van 5% 3% - None of these assets 21% 18% - Own their home 99% 99% Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14). ## What is the population of Bara Gobind Tola Sawangiya? ■ Bara Gobind Tola Sawangiya · ■ Madhuban rural average - Literacy (age 7+) 43.5% 49.8% - Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 904 900 - Child sex ratio (0–6) 1050 944 - Working population 24.8% 32.2% ### Women and men Literacy is 52.0% for men and 33.6% for women. 43% of men and 5% of women work. ### Who works, and at what ■ Cultivators 401 (28%) · ■ Farm labourers 596 (41%) · ■ Household industry 22 (2%) · ■ Other work 29 (2%) · ■ Marginal 403 (28%) Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts. ## Other villages of similar size in Madhuban - Kishunkara 9,716 people - Dulhuma 8,352 people - Kauria 7,062 people - Jitaura 6,592 people - Garahia 5,396 people - Bajidpur 4,854 people - Madhuban Tola Koilhara 4,672 people - Naurangia 4,538 people All 56 villages in Madhuban ## Quick answers - How far is Bara Gobind Tola Sawangiya from Motihari? 45 km by road - What is the population of Bara Gobind Tola Sawangiya? 5,840 (Census 2011) - Which district is Bara Gobind Tola Sawangiya in? Purba Champaran district (Madhuban sub-district), Bihar - What is the literacy rate of Bara Gobind Tola Sawangiya? 43.5% (Census 2011) --- Canonical: https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/purba-champaran/madhuban/bara-gobind-tola-sawangiya/ · Updated 2026-11-02 · Data: national censuses and statistics offices (sources named in each section); © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); Overture Maps; GeoNames; NASA POWER.