# Chand Saraia Village, Piprakothi, Purba Champaran (Bihar) > Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/purba-champaran/piprakothi/chand-saraia/ Village · Piprakothi, Purba Champaran # Chand Saraia Chand Saraia is a village in Piprakothi sub-district of Purba Champaran district, Bihar, PIN code **845429**. The 2011 Census counted **2,616 people in 559 households**, the 14th largest of 20 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 58.3%. - 2,616people (2011) - 559households - 58.3%literacy - 845429PIN code ## Chand Saraia PIN code and other codes **The PIN code of Chand Saraia is 845429.** Chand Saraia falls in Piprakothi sub-district, Purba Champaran district, Bihar. - PIN code845429 - Gram panchayatBir Chhapra - Community development blockPiprakothi - Census village code218403 Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## How far is Chand Saraia from nearby towns? - Piprakothi (sub-district HQ)4 km by road - Motihari (district HQ)13 km by road - Motihari (nearest town)13 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 Chand Saraia? 11 services counted by the Census are inside Chand Saraia; the rest show the distance to the nearest one. ### In the village - ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private - ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt - ●Mobile phone coverageIn village - ●Public bus serviceIn village - ●National highwayIn village - ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village - ●Mandi / regular marketIn village - ●Weekly haatIn village - ●Anganwadi centreIn village - ●ASHA health workerIn village - ●Polling stationIn village ### Nearest outside - ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Jiwdhara - ○Degree college10+ km · Motihari - ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Motihari - ○Primary health centreunder 5 km - ○Allopathic hospital10+ km - ○Dispensary5–10 km - ○Post office5–10 km - ○Railway station5–10 km - ○ATM10+ km - ○Commercial bank10+ km - ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km - ○Public library10+ km ### Water and power - Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river - Electricity (2011)3 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 Chand Saraia known for? The main crops are **paddy**. About 71% of the 93 hectares of village land is sown, and 47 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 Chand Saraia Of every 100 households in Chand Saraia in 2011, 13 had electricity, 21 a toilet at home and 12 cooked with LPG; 49 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car. ■ Chand Saraia · ■ Piprakothi rural average Electricity for lighting ****13%** **4% Toilet within the home ****21%** **13% No toilet (open defecation) ****79%** **87% Tap water ****0%** **1% Drinking water within premises ****74%** **49% Cooking with LPG / PNG ****12%** **3% Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****85%** **96% Use banking services ****50%** **50% Television ****15%** **6% Mobile phone ****49%** **48% Computer with internet ****0%** **0% Two-wheeler ****8%** **5% Car / jeep / van ****1%** **1% None of these assets ****21%** **18% 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 Chand Saraia? ■ Chand Saraia · ■ Piprakothi rural average Literacy (age 7+) ****58.3%** **58.3% Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****908** **888 Child sex ratio (0–6) ****879** **898 Working population ****25.6%** **31.0% ### Women and men Literacy is 65.7% for men and 50.1% for women. 44% of men and 5% of women work. ### Who works, and at what ********** **■** Cultivators 83 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 421 (63%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 57 (9%) · **■** Marginal 100 (15%) 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 Piprakothi - Majharia2,818 people - Semra2,806 people - Mathiya Bariyarpur2,734 people - Jiwdhara2,674 people - Kishunpur2,440 people - Belwatia2,088 people - Madhu Chhapra2,030 people - Babhnaulia2,018 people [All 20 villages in Piprakothi](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/purba-champaran/piprakothi/villages/) ## Quick answers - What is the PIN code of Chand Saraia?845429 - How far is Chand Saraia from Motihari?13 km by road - What is the population of Chand Saraia?2,616 (Census 2011) - Which district is Chand Saraia in?Purba Champaran district (Piprakothi sub-district), Bihar - What is the literacy rate of Chand Saraia?58.3% (Census 2011)