# Sikandarpur Village, Sangrampur, Purba Champaran (Bihar)

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Village · Sangrampur, Purba Champaran 

# Sikandarpur

Sikandarpur is a village in Sangrampur sub-district of Purba Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,500 people in 222 households**, the 18th largest of 23 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 44.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 59.7%.

- 1,500people (2011)
- 222households
- 44.6%literacy
- 887females per 1,000 males

## Sikandarpur PIN code and other codes

Sikandarpur falls in Sangrampur sub-district, Purba Champaran district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatBarwa
- Community development blockSangrampur
- Census village code218192

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

## How far is Sikandarpur from nearby towns?

- Sangrampur (sub-district HQ)5 km by road
- Motihari (district HQ)30 km by road
- Motihari (nearest town)30 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 Sikandarpur?

6 services counted by the Census are inside Sikandarpur; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Chakia
- ○Degree college10+ km · Chakia
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Motihari
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watercovered wells and hand pumps
- Electricity (2011)2 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 Sikandarpur known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 87% of the 159 hectares of village land is sown, and 116 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 Sikandarpur

Of every 100 households in Sikandarpur in 2011, 1 had electricity, 25 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 74 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Sikandarpur · ■ Sangrampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**6%

Toilet within the home ****25%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****64%**

**78%

Tap water ****5%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****47%**

**61%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**96%

Use banking services ****55%**

**49%

Television ****10%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****74%**

**63%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**3%

None of these assets ****4%**

**13%

Own their home ****98%**

**98%

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 Sikandarpur?

■ Sikandarpur · ■ Sangrampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****44.6%**

**59.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****887**

**922

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1123**

**967

Working population ****34.3%**

**31.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 51.4% for men and 36.6% for women. 51% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 155 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 207 (40%) · **■** Household industry 17 (3%) · **■** Other work 51 (10%) · **■** Marginal 85 (17%)

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 Sangrampur

- Nautan2,439 people
- Murli1,868 people
- Mathia1,826 people
- Misir Tola1,615 people
- Man Tola1,120 people
- Murli Nizamat1,054 people
- Chandpur717 people
- Bishrampur Dubauliya689 people

[All 25 villages in Sangrampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/purba-champaran/sangrampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Sikandarpur from Motihari?30 km by road
- What is the population of Sikandarpur?1,500 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sikandarpur in?Purba Champaran district (Sangrampur sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Sikandarpur?44.6% (Census 2011)