# Chakwa Village, Sarairanjan, Samastipur (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Sarairanjan, Samastipur 

# Chakwa

Chakwa is a village in Sarairanjan sub-district of Samastipur district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **593 people in 118 households**, the 51st largest of 55 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 63.5%.

- 593people (2011)
- 118households
- 55.5%literacy
- 883females per 1,000 males

## Chakwa PIN code and other codes

Chakwa falls in Sarairanjan sub-district, Samastipur district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatDhrampur
- Community development blockSarairanjan
- Census village code236943

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

## How far is Chakwa from nearby towns?

- Sarairanjan (sub-district HQ)8 km by road
- Samastipur (district HQ)18 km by road
- Samastipur (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 Chakwa?

11 services counted by the Census are inside Chakwa; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Sarairanjan
- ○Degree college10+ km · Samastipur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Samastipur
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 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 Chakwa known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 83% of the 33 hectares of village land is sown, and 25 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 Chakwa

Of every 100 households in Chakwa in 2011, 4 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 61 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Chakwa · ■ Sarairanjan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****4%**

**12%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**81%

Tap water ****2%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**38%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**94%

Use banking services ****62%**

**45%

Television ****6%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****61%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

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

**22%

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 Chakwa?

■ Chakwa · ■ Sarairanjan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.5%**

**63.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****883**

**931

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****837**

**936

Working population ****28.5%**

**29.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.0% for men and 41.4% for women. 46% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 51 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 92 (54%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 21 (12%) · **■** Marginal 4 (2%)

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 Sarairanjan

- Surmar1,295 people
- Akhtiarpur1,283 people
- Surmar1,086 people
- Shahzadpur800 people
- Sultanpur Morwa300 people
- Az Rakbe Udaipur233 people
- Gandharopur77 people
- Khajuri27 people

[All 61 villages in Sarairanjan](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/samastipur/sarairanjan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Chakwa from Samastipur?18 km by road
- What is the population of Chakwa?593 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chakwa in?Samastipur district (Sarairanjan sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Chakwa?55.5% (Census 2011)