# Asawn Village, Marhaura, Saran (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Marhaura, Saran 

# Asawn

Asawn is a village in Marhaura sub-district of Saran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,752 people in 328 households**, the 50th largest of 105 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 63.8%.

- 1,752people (2011)
- 328households
- 60.8%literacy
- 860females per 1,000 males

## Asawn PIN code and other codes

Asawn falls in Marhaura sub-district, Saran district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatAwari
- Community development blockMarhaura
- Census village code233822

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

## How far is Asawn from nearby towns?

- Marhaura (sub-district HQ)7 km by road
- Chhapra (district HQ)33 km by road
- Marhaura (nearest town)7 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 Asawn?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Asawn; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Madhaura
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Madhaura
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Marhaura
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps
- Electricity (2011)3 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 Asawn known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 72% of the 130 hectares of village land is sown, and 57 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 Asawn

Of every 100 households in Asawn in 2011, 8 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Asawn · ■ Marhaura rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**9%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**84%

Tap water ****3%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****54%**

**57%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**95%

Use banking services ****67%**

**64%

Television ****12%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**60%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****13%**

**13%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Asawn?

■ Asawn · ■ Marhaura rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.8%**

**63.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****860**

**960

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****960**

**929

Working population ****25.9%**

**27.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.9% for men and 46.5% for women. 47% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 130 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 15 (3%) · **■** Household industry 11 (2%) · **■** Other work 38 (8%) · **■** Marginal 260 (57%)

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 Marhaura

- Shahbazpur1,877 people
- Khurampur1,864 people
- Jodhauli1,803 people
- Chanda1,779 people
- Majhaulia1,751 people
- Dharampur1,746 people
- Karanpura1,723 people
- Dew Bahuara1,722 people

[All 106 villages in Marhaura](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/saran/marhaura/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Asawn from Chhapra?33 km by road
- What is the population of Asawn?1,752 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Asawn in?Saran district (Marhaura sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Asawn?60.8% (Census 2011)