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

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Village · Paharpur, Purba Champaran 

# Amwa

Amwa is a village in Paharpur sub-district of Purba Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,672 people in 289 households**, the 31st largest of 55 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 54.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 56.3%.

- 1,672people (2011)
- 289households
- 54.1%literacy
- 811females per 1,000 males

## Amwa PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatParsauni
- Community development blockPaharpur
- Census village code218111

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?

- Paharpur (sub-district HQ)15 km by road
- Motihari (district HQ)35 km by road
- Areraj (nearest town)18 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?

17 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
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○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
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)4 h summer · 2 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 known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 76% of the 198 hectares of village land is sown, and 95 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, 13 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 69 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Amwa · ■ Paharpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**3%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**83%

Tap water ****2%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****41%**

**49%

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

**2%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****36%**

**44%

Television ****4%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****69%**

**58%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****12%**

**13%

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 Amwa?

■ Amwa · ■ Paharpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****54.1%**

**56.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****811**

**908

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****877**

**935

Working population ****30.6%**

**36.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.0% for men and 42.9% for women. 45% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 37 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 92 (18%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 61 (12%) · **■** Marginal 320 (63%)

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

- Khairwa1,913 people
- Ahiraulia urf sonwalwakesarea1,861 people
- Raghunathpur1,807 people
- Dudhiawa1,707 people
- Inglish1,661 people
- Ekderwa1,648 people
- Panditpururf Bandarhelwa1,618 people
- Tikuliya1,616 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Amwa from Motihari?35 km by road
- What is the population of Amwa?1,672 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Amwa in?Purba Champaran district (Paharpur sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Amwa?54.1% (Census 2011)