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

## Chakwa PIN code and other codes

Chakwa falls in Sarairanjan sub-district, Samastipur district, Bihar.
- Gram panchayat Dhrampur
- Community development block Sarairanjan
- Census village code 236943

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## 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.

## 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 school In village · 1 govt
- ● Health sub-centre In village · 1
- ● Maternity & child welfare centre In village · 1
- ● Dispensary In village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ● Family welfare centre In village · 1
- ● Private bus service In village
- ● Pucca (black-topped) road In village
- ● Mandi / regular market In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village
- ● Polling station In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school 5–10 km · Sarairanjan
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Samastipur
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Samastipur
- ○ Primary health centre 5–10 km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km
- ○ Post office 5–10 km
- ○ Public bus service 5–10 km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ ATM 5–10 km
- ○ Commercial bank 5–10 km
- ○ Ration (PDS) shop under 5 km
- ○ Public library 5–10 km

### Water and power
- Drinking water hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

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.

## 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).

## 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.

## Other villages of similar size in Sarairanjan
- Surmar 1,295 people
- Akhtiarpur 1,283 people
- Surmar 1,086 people
- Shahzadpur 800 people
- Sultanpur Morwa 300 people
- Az Rakbe Udaipur 233 people
- Gandharopur 77 people
- Khajuri 27 people

All 61 villages in Sarairanjan

## 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)

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