# Chiraiya Village, Purnahiya, Sheohar (Bihar) – PIN Code > Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/sheohar/purnahiya/chiraiya/ Village · Purnahiya, Sheohar # Chiraiya Chiraiya is a village in Purnahiya sub-district of Sheohar district, Bihar, PIN code **843334**. The 2011 Census counted **3,866 people in 950 households**, the 11th largest of 26 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 55.0%. - 3,866people (2011) - 950households - 65.7%literacy - 843334PIN code ## Chiraiya PIN code and other codes **The PIN code of Chiraiya is 843334.** Chiraiya falls in Purnahiya sub-district, Sheohar district, Bihar. - PIN code843334 - Gram panchayatAdauri - Community development blockPurnahiya - Census village code218772 Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## How far is Chiraiya from nearby towns? - Purnahiya (sub-district HQ)3 km by road - Sheohar (district HQ)30 km by road - Sitamarhi (nearest town)27 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 Chiraiya? 11 services counted by the Census are inside Chiraiya; the rest show the distance to the nearest one. ### In the village - ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt - ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt - ●Mobile phone coverageIn village - ●Private bus serviceIn village - ●State highwayIn village - ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village - ●All-weather roadIn village - ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village - ●Anganwadi centreIn village - ●ASHA health workerIn village - ●Polling stationIn village ### Nearest outside - ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Sitamarhi - ○Degree college10+ km · Sitamarhi - ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Sitamarhi - ○Primary health centreunder 5 km - ○Allopathic hospital10+ km - ○Dispensary10+ km - ○Post office10+ km - ○Public bus service10+ km - ○Railway station10+ km - ○ATM10+ km - ○Commercial bankunder 5 km - ○Mandi / regular market10+ 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 Chiraiya known for? The main crops are **paddy**. About 87% of the 324 hectares of village land is sown, and 149 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 Chiraiya Of every 100 households in Chiraiya in 2011, 0 had electricity, 35 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car. ■ Chiraiya · ■ Purnahiya rural average Electricity for lighting ****0%** **1% Toilet within the home ****35%** **21% No toilet (open defecation) ****57%** **79% Tap water ****0%** **1% Drinking water within premises ****46%** **40% Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%** **2% Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%** **96% Use banking services ****76%** **51% Television ****2%** **5% Mobile phone ****44%** **49% Computer with internet ****0%** **0% Two-wheeler ****7%** **5% Car / jeep / van ****1%** **1% None of these assets ****31%** **25% Own their home ****100%** **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 Chiraiya? ■ Chiraiya · ■ Purnahiya rural average Literacy (age 7+) ****65.7%** **55.0% Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****892** **891 Child sex ratio (0–6) ****860** **933 Working population ****33.3%** **34.4% ### Women and men Literacy is 74.3% for men and 56.1% for women. 48% of men and 17% of women work. ### Who works, and at what ********** **■** Cultivators 267 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 644 (50%) · **■** Household industry 18 (1%) · **■** Other work 117 (9%) · **■** Marginal 242 (19%) 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 Purnahiya - Kolhua Thikaha4,744 people - Basant Patti4,277 people - Bairia4,156 people - Dosti Mahamadpur3,872 people - Asogi Chhapra Dhani3,847 people - Hathsar3,310 people - Purnahia Chandandih3,016 people - Pursauni Gope2,873 people [All 26 villages in Purnahiya](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/sheohar/purnahiya/villages/) ## Quick answers - What is the PIN code of Chiraiya?843334 - How far is Chiraiya from Sheohar?30 km by road - What is the population of Chiraiya?3,866 (Census 2011) - Which district is Chiraiya in?Sheohar district (Purnahiya sub-district), Bihar - What is the literacy rate of Chiraiya?65.7% (Census 2011)