# Athri Village, Runisaidpur, Sitamarhi (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Runisaidpur, Sitamarhi 

# Athri

Athri is a village in Runisaidpur sub-district of Sitamarhi district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **10,939 people in 2,807 households**, the 7th largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 52.7%.

- 10,939people (2011)
- 2,807households
- 66.5%literacy
- 869females per 1,000 males

## Athri PIN code and other codes

Athri falls in Runisaidpur sub-district, Sitamarhi district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatAthri
- Community development blockRunisaidpur
- Census village code219495

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

## How far is Athri from nearby towns?

- Runisaidpur (sub-district HQ)10 km by road
- Sitamarhi (district HQ)32 km by road
- Sitamarhi (nearest town)32 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 Athri?

25 services counted by the Census are inside Athri; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 6 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 4 govt · 2 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 2 doctors
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 2 doctors
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●TB clinicIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Commercial bankIn village
- ●Cooperative bankIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Runisaidpur
- ○Degree college10+ km · Sitamarhi
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Sitamarhi
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Public library10+ 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 Athri known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 48% of the 780 hectares of village land is sown, and 225 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 Athri

Of every 100 households in Athri in 2011, 20 had electricity, 43 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Athri · ■ Runisaidpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**9%

Toilet within the home ****43%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****50%**

**79%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****34%**

**32%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****10%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**94%

Use banking services ****49%**

**36%

Television ****16%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****31%**

**34%

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 Athri?

■ Athri · ■ Runisaidpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.5%**

**52.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****869**

**885

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****834**

**928

Working population ****30.8%**

**32.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.2% for men and 60.1% for women. 49% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 712 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 1,019 (30%) · **■** Household industry 48 (1%) · **■** Other work 616 (18%) · **■** Marginal 975 (29%)

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 Runisaidpur

- Mursand14,259 people
- Baghari12,943 people
- Thuma12,091 people
- Masumnagar urf Premnagar12,052 people
- Pota urf Tajpur Phaksia Bharthi10,810 people
- Tikauli9,261 people
- Walipur Sarhanchia9,239 people
- Bengahi9,126 people

[All 102 villages in Runisaidpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/sitamarhi/runisaidpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Athri from Sitamarhi?32 km by road
- What is the population of Athri?10,939 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Athri in?Sitamarhi district (Runisaidpur sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Athri?66.5% (Census 2011)
