# Sahawa Village, Purnia East, Purnia (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Purnia East, Purnia 

# Sahawa

Sahawa is a village in Purnia East sub-district of Purnia district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **530 people in 106 households**, the 59th largest of 77 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 47.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 49.6%.

- 530people (2011)
- 106households
- 47.5%literacy
- 941females per 1,000 males

## Sahawa PIN code and other codes

Sahawa falls in Purnia East sub-district, Purnia district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatGaura
- Community development blockPurnia East
- Census village code223541

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

## How far is Sahawa from nearby towns?

- Purnia East (sub-district HQ)12 km by road
- Purnia (district HQ)18 km by road
- Purnia (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 Sahawa?

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

### In the village

- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Gaura
- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Gulabbag
- ○Degree college10+ km · Purnia East
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Purnia
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes

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 Sahawa known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 68% of the 121 hectares of village land is sown, and 56 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 Sahawa

Of every 100 households in Sahawa in 2011, 13 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sahawa · ■ Purnia East rural average

Electricity for lighting ****13%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**87%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****49%**

**50%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**96%

Use banking services ****20%**

**22%

Television ****8%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****39%**

**31%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

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 Sahawa?

■ Sahawa · ■ Purnia East rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****47.5%**

**49.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****941**

**933

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1173**

**968

Working population ****35.7%**

**33.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 58.8% for men and 34.7% for women. 53% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 30 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 12 (6%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 3 (2%) · **■** Marginal 142 (75%)

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 Purnia East

- Bhogadehat673 people
- Maheshpur645 people
- Himtiarpur595 people
- Bishunpur540 people
- Tira505 people
- Tariabhag489 people
- Kamraili450 people
- Sandalpur439 people

[All 83 villages in Purnia East](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/purnia/purnia-east/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Sahawa from Purnia?18 km by road
- What is the population of Sahawa?530 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sahawa in?Purnia district (Purnia East sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Sahawa?47.5% (Census 2011)