# Amwa Nizamat Village, Paharpur, Purba Champaran (Bihar)

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Village · Paharpur, Purba Champaran 

# Amwa Nizamat

Amwa Nizamat is a village in Paharpur sub-district of Purba Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **808 people in 155 households**, the 54th largest of 55 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 56.3%.

- 808people (2011)
- 155households
- 52.6%literacy
- 836females per 1,000 males

## Amwa Nizamat PIN code and other codes

Amwa Nizamat falls in Paharpur sub-district, Purba Champaran district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatParsauni
- Community development blockPaharpur
- Census village code218112

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

## How far is Amwa Nizamat from nearby towns?

- Paharpur (sub-district HQ)15 km by road
- Motihari (district HQ)35 km by road
- Areraj (nearest town)17 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 Nizamat?

6 services counted by the Census are inside Amwa Nizamat; 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 schoolunder 5 km · Kamal Pipra
- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Betiya
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Betiya
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Motihari
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps
- Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 3 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 Amwa Nizamat known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 85% of the 101 hectares of village land is sown, and 25 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 Nizamat

Of every 100 households in Amwa Nizamat in 2011, 0 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 51 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Amwa Nizamat · ■ Paharpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**3%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**83%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****25%**

**49%

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

**2%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****40%**

**44%

Television ****3%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****51%**

**58%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****6%**

**13%

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 Nizamat?

■ Amwa Nizamat · ■ Paharpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****52.6%**

**56.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****836**

**908

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**935

Working population ****36.9%**

**36.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 60.1% for men and 43.3% for women. 50% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 28 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 166 (56%) · **■** Other work 13 (4%) · **■** Marginal 91 (31%)

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 Paharpur

- Ahiraulia Sonwal881 people
- BaluwaBirt878 people
- Sarea Tola Mathiya875 people
- Sarea Tola Senuar837 people
- Bhanja Chhapra733 people

[All 57 villages in Paharpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/purba-champaran/paharpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Amwa Nizamat from Motihari?35 km by road
- What is the population of Amwa Nizamat?808 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Amwa Nizamat in?Purba Champaran district (Paharpur sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Amwa Nizamat?52.6% (Census 2011)