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

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Village · Chewara, Sheikhpura 

# Bahuwara

Bahuwara is a village in Chewara sub-district of Sheikhpura district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **2,412 people in 372 households**, the 12th largest of 39 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 47.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 61.2%.

- 2,412people (2011)
- 372households
- 47.3%literacy
- 927females per 1,000 males

## Bahuwara PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatChevara
- Community development blockChewara
- Census village code244050

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

## How far is Bahuwara from nearby towns?

- Chewara (sub-district HQ)4 km by road
- Sheikhpura (district HQ)14 km by road
- Sheikhpura (nearest town)14 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 Bahuwara?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Chewara
- ○Degree college10+ km · Sheikhpura
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Chewara
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watercovered wells, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river

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 Bahuwara known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 100% of the 401 hectares of village land is sown, and 270 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 Bahuwara

Of every 100 households in Bahuwara in 2011, 1 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 76 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Bahuwara · ■ Chewara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**5%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**79%

Tap water ****1%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****40%**

**26%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**96%

Use banking services ****52%**

**34%

Television ****3%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****76%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****17%**

**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 Bahuwara?

■ Bahuwara · ■ Chewara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****47.3%**

**61.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****927**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****776**

**958

Working population ****45.1%**

**37.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 56.8% for men and 37.4% for women. 43% of men and 47% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 732 (67%) · **■** Farm labourers 199 (18%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 11 (1%) · **■** Marginal 145 (13%)

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

- Lataut2,804 people
- Lahna2,466 people
- Karande2,440 people
- Kurmuri2,423 people
- Asthawan2,405 people
- Ghari2,159 people
- Barari2,050 people
- Teai1,894 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Bahuwara from Sheikhpura?14 km by road
- What is the population of Bahuwara?2,412 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bahuwara in?Sheikhpura district (Chewara sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Bahuwara?47.3% (Census 2011)