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

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Village · Chewara, Sheikhpura 

# Masarhi

Masarhi is a village in Chewara sub-district of Sheikhpura district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **439 people in 77 households**, the 38th largest of 39 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 53.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 61.2%.

- 439people (2011)
- 77households
- 53.9%literacy
- 925females per 1,000 males

## Masarhi PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatChhatiyara
- Community development blockChewara
- Census village code244025

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

## How far is Masarhi from nearby towns?

- Chewara (sub-district HQ)7 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 Masarhi?

5 services counted by the Census are inside Masarhi; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Chewara
- ○Degree college10+ km · Sheikhpura
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Chewara
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 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 Masarhi known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 100% of the 134 hectares of village land is sown, and 70 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 Masarhi

Of every 100 households in Masarhi in 2011, 0 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 15 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Masarhi · ■ Chewara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**5%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**79%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**26%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**96%

Use banking services ****1%**

**34%

Television ****0%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****15%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****77%**

**34%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Masarhi?

■ Masarhi · ■ Chewara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****53.9%**

**61.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****925**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****959**

**958

Working population ****27.6%**

**37.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 54.2% for men and 53.7% for women. 47% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 1 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 62 (51%) · **■** Household industry 7 (6%) · **■** Other work 32 (26%) · **■** Marginal 19 (16%)

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

- Mane600 people
- Rankar566 people
- Angpur531 people
- Kewali459 people
- Kamalgarh358 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Masarhi from Sheikhpura?18 km by road
- What is the population of Masarhi?439 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Masarhi in?Sheikhpura district (Chewara sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Masarhi?53.9% (Census 2011)