# Cheraut Village, Charaut, Sitamarhi (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population > Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/sitamarhi/charaut/cheraut/ Village · Charaut, Sitamarhi # Cheraut Cheraut is a village in Charaut sub-district of Sitamarhi district, Bihar, PIN code **843819**. The 2011 Census counted **35,976 people in 8,342 households**, the 1st largest of 17 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 55.2%. - 35,976people (2011) - 8,342households - 56.2%literacy - 843819PIN code ## Cheraut PIN code and other codes **The PIN code of Cheraut is 843819.** Cheraut falls in Charaut sub-district, Sitamarhi district, Bihar. - PIN code843819 - Gram panchayatChoraut North, Choraut West, Choraut East - Community development blockCharaut - Census village code219694 Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## How far is Cheraut from nearby towns? - Charaut (sub-district HQ)1 km by road - Sitamarhi (district HQ)35 km by road - Janakpur Road (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 Cheraut? 26 services counted by the Census are inside Cheraut; the rest show the distance to the nearest one. ### In the village - ●Primary schoolIn village · 16 govt - ●Middle schoolIn village · 9 govt - ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt - ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 4 doctors - ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●TB clinicIn village · 1 · 2 doctors - ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 2 doctors - ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 - ●Post officeIn village - ●Mobile phone coverageIn village - ●Public bus serviceIn village - ●Private bus serviceIn village - ●National highwayIn village - ●State highwayIn village - ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village - ●All-weather roadIn village - ●Commercial bankIn village - ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village - ●Mandi / regular marketIn village - ●Anganwadi centreIn village - ●ASHA health workerIn village - ●Community centreIn village - ●Sports fieldIn village - ●Polling stationIn village ### Nearest outside - ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Darbhanga - ○Degree college10+ km · Sursand - ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Sitamarhi - ○Allopathic hospital10+ km - ○Railway station10+ km - ○ATM10+ km - ○Public library5–10 km ### Water and power - Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river - Electricity (2011)4 h summer · 6 h winter 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 Cheraut known for? The main crops are **paddy**. About 84% of the 2,435 hectares of village land is sown, and 450 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 Cheraut Of every 100 households in Cheraut in 2011, 14 had electricity, 24 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 57 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car. ■ Cheraut · ■ Charaut rural average Electricity for lighting ****14%** **13% Toilet within the home ****24%** **22% No toilet (open defecation) ****68%** **74% Tap water ****1%** **1% Drinking water within premises ****42%** **34% Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%** **4% Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%** **93% Use banking services ****44%** **39% Television ****11%** **9% Mobile phone ****57%** **53% Computer with internet ****1%** **0% Two-wheeler ****6%** **6% Car / jeep / van ****1%** **1% None of these assets ****18%** **21% Own their home ****99%** **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 Cheraut? ■ Cheraut · ■ Charaut rural average Literacy (age 7+) ****56.2%** **55.2% Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****903** **900 Child sex ratio (0–6) ****964** **954 Working population ****32.6%** **34.8% ### Women and men Literacy is 65.7% for men and 45.6% for women. 48% of men and 15% of women work. ### Who works, and at what ********** **■** Cultivators 1,526 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 6,044 (52%) · **■** Household industry 204 (2%) · **■** Other work 850 (7%) · **■** Marginal 3,098 (26%) 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 Charaut - Jadupatti urf Semra6,991 people - Barri Bihta5,836 people - Parigawan5,483 people - Bhanta Bari5,051 people [All 17 villages in Charaut](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/sitamarhi/charaut/villages/) ## Quick answers - What is the PIN code of Cheraut?843819 - How far is Cheraut from Sitamarhi?35 km by road - What is the population of Cheraut?35,976 (Census 2011) - Which district is Cheraut in?Sitamarhi district (Charaut sub-district), Bihar - What is the literacy rate of Cheraut?56.2% (Census 2011)