# Asthawan Village, Chewara, Sheikhpura (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Chewara, Sheikhpura 

# Asthawan

Asthawan is a village in Chewara sub-district of Sheikhpura district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **2,405 people in 349 households**, the 13th largest of 39 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 61.2%.

- 2,405people (2011)
- 349households
- 69.3%literacy
- 872females per 1,000 males

## Asthawan PIN code and other codes

Asthawan falls in Chewara sub-district, Sheikhpura district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatLahna
- Community development blockChewara
- Census village code244016

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

## How far is Asthawan from nearby towns?

- Chewara (sub-district HQ)8 km by road
- Sheikhpura (district HQ)18 km by road
- Sheikhpura (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 Asthawan?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Chewara
- ○Degree college10+ km · Sheikhpura
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Chewara
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds

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 Asthawan known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 73% of the 444 hectares of village land is sown, and 290 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 Asthawan

Of every 100 households in Asthawan in 2011, 3 had electricity, 30 a toilet at home and 12 cooked with LPG; 71 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Asthawan · ■ Chewara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****3%**

**5%

Toilet within the home ****30%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****69%**

**79%

Tap water ****2%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****32%**

**26%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****12%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****80%**

**96%

Use banking services ****23%**

**34%

Television ****9%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****71%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**34%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Asthawan?

■ Asthawan · ■ Chewara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.3%**

**61.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****872**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****871**

**958

Working population ****28.9%**

**37.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.6% for men and 58.7% for women. 41% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 179 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 203 (29%) · **■** Household industry 9 (1%) · **■** Other work 26 (4%) · **■** Marginal 278 (40%)

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 Chewara

- Lahna2,466 people
- Karande2,440 people
- Kurmuri2,423 people
- Bahuwara2,412 people
- Ghari2,159 people
- Barari2,050 people
- Teai1,894 people
- Belchhi1,830 people

[All 39 villages in Chewara](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/sheikhpura/chewara/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Asthawan from Sheikhpura?18 km by road
- What is the population of Asthawan?2,405 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Asthawan in?Sheikhpura district (Chewara sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Asthawan?69.3% (Census 2011)