# Birit Kunawa Village, Mehsi, Purba Champaran (Bihar)

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Village · Mehsi, Purba Champaran 

# Birit Kunawa

Birit Kunawa is a village in Mehsi sub-district of Purba Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **660 people in 128 households**, the 70th largest of 90 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 27.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 54.0%.

- 660people (2011)
- 128households
- 27.0%literacy
- 844females per 1,000 males

## Birit Kunawa PIN code and other codes

Birit Kunawa falls in Mehsi sub-district, Purba Champaran district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatNonimal
- Community development blockMehsi
- Census village code218755

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

## How far is Birit Kunawa from nearby towns?

- Mehsi (sub-district HQ)20 km by road
- Motihari (district HQ)60 km by road
- Mehsi (nearest town)20 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 Birit Kunawa?

5 services counted by the Census are inside Birit Kunawa; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Motihari
- ○Degree college10+ km · Chakia
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Motihari
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)4 h summer · 5 h winter

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 Birit Kunawa known for?

The main crops are **paddy and pulse**. About 45% of the 29 hectares of village land is sown, and 13 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 Birit Kunawa

Of every 100 households in Birit Kunawa in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 70 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Birit Kunawa · ■ Mehsi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**4%

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

**13%

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

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**39%

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

**1%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****36%**

**44%

Television ****0%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****70%**

**56%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**20%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Birit Kunawa?

■ Birit Kunawa · ■ Mehsi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****27.0%**

**54.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****844**

**903

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****759**

**962

Working population ****45.2%**

**33.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 33.1% for men and 20.1% for women. 44% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 282 (95%) · **■** Farm labourers 6 (2%) · **■** Other work 6 (2%) · **■** Marginal 4 (1%)

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 Mehsi

- Abdia711 people
- Chak Abdul Ghani710 people
- Hardo Patti680 people
- Madhopur Kesho678 people
- Madhopur Kesho656 people
- Chak Saiyad Mahmud571 people
- Chak Rauze Shamshuddin527 people
- Bala Tola523 people

[All 94 villages in Mehsi](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/purba-champaran/mehsi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Birit Kunawa from Motihari?60 km by road
- What is the population of Birit Kunawa?660 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Birit Kunawa in?Purba Champaran district (Mehsi sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Birit Kunawa?27.0% (Census 2011)