# Sarea Khas Village, Paharpur, Purba Champaran (Bihar) > Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/purba-champaran/paharpur/sarea-khas/ Village · Paharpur, Purba Champaran # Sarea Khas Sarea Khas is a village in Paharpur sub-district of Purba Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **22,178 people in 4,334 households**, the 1st largest of 55 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 56.3%. - 22,178people (2011) - 4,334households - 60.0%literacy - 885females per 1,000 males ## Sarea Khas PIN code and other codes Sarea Khas falls in Paharpur sub-district, Purba Champaran district, Bihar. - Gram panchayatPurbi Sarea, Paschimi Sarea - Community development blockPaharpur - Census village code218086 Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## How far is Sarea Khas from nearby towns? - Paharpur (sub-district HQ)5 km by road - Motihari (district HQ)40 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 Sarea Khas? 19 services counted by the Census are inside Sarea Khas; the rest show the distance to the nearest one. ### In the village - ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private - ●Primary schoolIn village · 3 govt - ●Post officeIn village - ●Mobile phone coverageIn village - ●National highwayIn village - ●State highwayIn village - ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village - ●ATMIn village - ●Commercial bankIn village - ●Agricultural credit societyIn village - ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village - ●Mandi / regular marketIn village - ●Weekly haatIn village - ●Anganwadi centreIn village - ●ASHA health workerIn village - ●Community centreIn village - ●Sports fieldIn village - ●Public libraryIn village - ●Polling stationIn village ### Nearest outside - ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Paharpur - ○Degree college5–10 km · Are Raj - ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Motihari - ○Primary health centre10+ km - ○Allopathic hospital10+ km - ○Dispensary5–10 km - ○Public bus service10+ km - ○Railway station10+ km ### Water and power - Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river 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 Sarea Khas known for? The main crops are **paddy**. About 65% of the 1,656 hectares of village land is sown, and 944 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 Sarea Khas Of every 100 households in Sarea Khas in 2011, 0 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 56 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car. ■ Sarea Khas · ■ Paharpur rural average Electricity for lighting ****0%** **3% Toilet within the home ****15%** **14% No toilet (open defecation) ****78%** **83% Tap water ****1%** **1% Drinking water within premises ****56%** **49% Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%** **2% Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%** **98% Use banking services ****37%** **44% Television ****2%** **6% Mobile phone ****56%** **58% Computer with internet ****0%** **0% Two-wheeler ****5%** **8% Car / jeep / van ****1%** **2% None of these assets ****11%** **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 Sarea Khas? ■ Sarea Khas · ■ Paharpur rural average Literacy (age 7+) ****60.0%** **56.3% Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****885** **908 Child sex ratio (0–6) ****945** **935 Working population ****39.2%** **36.5% ### Women and men Literacy is 70.9% for men and 47.5% for women. 44% of men and 33% of women work. ### Who works, and at what ********** **■** Cultivators 1,258 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 3,967 (46%) · **■** Household industry 305 (4%) · **■** Other work 455 (5%) · **■** Marginal 2,702 (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 - Noniya16,703 people - Siswa14,512 people - Nauwa Dih7,986 people - Baluwa7,841 people [All 57 villages in Paharpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/purba-champaran/paharpur/villages/) ## Quick answers - How far is Sarea Khas from Motihari?40 km by road - What is the population of Sarea Khas?22,178 (Census 2011) - Which district is Sarea Khas in?Purba Champaran district (Paharpur sub-district), Bihar - What is the literacy rate of Sarea Khas?60.0% (Census 2011)