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

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Village · Chewara, Sheikhpura 

# Sijhori

Sijhori is a village in Chewara sub-district of Sheikhpura district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,764 people in 278 households**, the 18th largest of 39 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 61.2%.

- 1,764people (2011)
- 278households
- 58.1%literacy
- 1,066females per 1,000 males

## Sijhori PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatChhatiyara
- Community development blockChewara
- Census village code244020

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

## How far is Sijhori from nearby towns?

- Chewara (sub-district HQ)3 km by road
- Sheikhpura (district HQ)12 km by road
- Sheikhpura (nearest town)12 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 Sijhori?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn 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 service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes

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 Sijhori known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 97% of the 181 hectares of village land is sown, and 169 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 Sijhori

Of every 100 households in Sijhori in 2011, 1 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 69 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sijhori · ■ Chewara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**5%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**79%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****18%**

**26%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**96%

Use banking services ****16%**

**34%

Television ****2%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****69%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**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 Sijhori?

■ Sijhori · ■ Chewara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.1%**

**61.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1066**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1133**

**958

Working population ****34.5%**

**37.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.1% for men and 46.5% for women. 45% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 175 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 313 (51%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 14 (2%) · **■** Marginal 103 (17%)

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

- Ghari2,159 people
- Barari2,050 people
- Teai1,894 people
- Belchhi1,830 people
- Kapasi1,700 people
- Gadua1,521 people
- Andauli1,488 people
- Kusekher1,367 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Sijhori from Sheikhpura?12 km by road
- What is the population of Sijhori?1,764 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sijhori in?Sheikhpura district (Chewara sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Sijhori?58.1% (Census 2011)