Village · Bathnaha, Sitamarhi
# Barahijiwa

Barahijiwa is a village in Bathnaha sub-district of Sitamarhi district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted 1,781 people in 391 households, the 52nd largest of 87 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 50.3%.
- 1,781 people (2011)
- 391 households
- 70.8% literacy
- 873 females per 1,000 males

## Barahijiwa PIN code and other codes

Barahijiwa falls in Bathnaha sub-district, Sitamarhi district, Bihar.
- Gram panchayat Singrahiya
- Community development block Bathnaha
- Census village code 219306

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## How far is Barahijiwa from nearby towns?
- Bathnaha (sub-district HQ) 14 km by road
- Sitamarhi (district HQ) 16 km by road
- Sitamarhi (nearest town) 16 km by road

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## What facilities are there in Barahijiwa?

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

### In the village
- ● Pre-primary school In village · 1 private
- ● Primary school In village · 1 govt
- ● Middle school In village · 1 govt
- ● National highway In village
- ● State highway In village
- ● Pucca (black-topped) road In village
- ● All-weather road In village
- ● Agricultural credit society In village
- ● Ration (PDS) shop In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school 10+ km · Darha Bari
- ○ Degree college 5–10 km · Sitamarhi
- ○ ITI / vocational school 5–10 km · Sitamarhi
- ○ Primary health centre under 5 km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km
- ○ Dispensary 5–10 km
- ○ Post office 10+ km
- ○ Public bus service under 5 km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ ATM 10+ km
- ○ Commercial bank under 5 km
- ○ Mandi / regular market 10+ km
- ○ Public library 10+ km

### Water and power
- Drinking water hand pumps
- Electricity (2011) 4 h summer · 6 h winter

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Barahijiwa known for?

The main crops are paddy. About 93% of the 158 hectares of village land is sown, and 81 hectares are irrigated.

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## Homes and amenities in Barahijiwa

Of every 100 households in Barahijiwa in 2011, 11 had electricity, 27 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Barahijiwa · ■ Bathnaha rural average
- Electricity for lighting 11% 2%
- Toilet within the home 27% 14%
- No toilet (open defecation) 73% 85%
- Tap water 0% 1%
- Drinking water within premises 36% 28%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 6% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 94% 98%
- Use banking services 49% 37%
- Television 17% 5%
- Mobile phone 42% 40%
- Computer with internet 1% 0%
- Two-wheeler 16% 4%
- Car / jeep / van 4% 1%
- None of these assets 25% 32%
- Own their home 99% 99%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Barahijiwa?

■ Barahijiwa · ■ Bathnaha rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 70.8% 50.3%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 873 897
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 920 931
- Working population 39.9% 36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.0% for men and 62.5% for women. 53% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 180 (25%) · ■ Farm labourers 208 (29%) · ■ Household industry 29 (4%) · ■ Other work 170 (24%) · ■ Marginal 123 (17%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Bathnaha
- Singrahia 1,995 people
- Narha Jagdarpi 1,968 people
- Latipur 1,915 people
- Supaina 1,905 people
- Matiar Khurd 1,746 people
- Manaria 1,717 people
- Madhopur Musharwa 1,706 people
- Kodarkat 1,618 people

All 90 villages in Bathnaha

## Quick answers
- How far is Barahijiwa from Sitamarhi? 16 km by road
- What is the population of Barahijiwa? 1,781 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barahijiwa in? Sitamarhi district (Bathnaha sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Barahijiwa? 70.8% (Census 2011)

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