# Saraiya Village, Chenari, Rohtas (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Chenari, Rohtas 

# Saraiya

Saraiya is a village in Chenari sub-district of Rohtas district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **409 people in 71 households**, the 85th largest of 111 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.9%.

- 409people (2011)
- 71households
- 72.8%literacy
- 1,097females per 1,000 males

## Saraiya PIN code and other codes

Saraiya falls in Chenari sub-district, Rohtas district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatKhurmabad
- Community development blockChenari
- Census village code251887

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

## How far is Saraiya from nearby towns?

- Chenari (sub-district HQ)23 km by road
- Sasaram (district HQ)15 km by road
- Sasaram (nearest town)15 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 Saraiya?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Saraiya; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary school5–10 km · Babhani
- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Saraiya
- ○Degree college10+ km · Sasaram
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Gaya
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)5 h summer · 6 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 Saraiya known for?

The main crops are **paddy, wheat and pulse**. Products made here include rice mills. About 81% of the 108 hectares of village land is sown, and 72 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 Saraiya

Of every 100 households in Saraiya in 2011, 2 had electricity, 26 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 82 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 8 a car.

■ Saraiya · ■ Chenari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**6%

Toilet within the home ****26%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****74%**

**84%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****76%**

**54%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**97%

Use banking services ****96%**

**46%

Television ****36%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****82%**

**54%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****8%**

**2%

None of these assets ****14%**

**31%

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 Saraiya?

■ Saraiya · ■ Chenari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.8%**

**69.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1097**

**919

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****805**

**932

Working population ****20.5%**

**34.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.1% for men and 64.1% for women. 38% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 27 (32%) · **■** Farm labourers 17 (20%) · **■** Other work 17 (20%) · **■** Marginal 23 (27%)

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 Chenari

- Rakba458 people
- Jag Dehra443 people
- Katra428 people
- Dewararh423 people
- Pia Khurd403 people
- Karechh399 people
- Jararhi375 people
- Sahasi372 people

[All 153 villages in Chenari](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/rohtas/chenari/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Saraiya from Sasaram?15 km by road
- What is the population of Saraiya?409 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Saraiya in?Rohtas district (Chenari sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Saraiya?72.8% (Census 2011)