Village · Sursand, Sitamarhi
# Sundarpur

Sundarpur is a village in Sursand sub-district of Sitamarhi district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted 2,150 people in 446 households, the 39th largest of 52 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 52.4%.
- 2,150 people (2011)
- 446 households
- 56.8% literacy
- 860 females per 1,000 males

## Sundarpur PIN code and other codes

Sundarpur falls in Sursand sub-district, Sitamarhi district, Bihar.
- Gram panchayat Kararwana
- Community development block Sursand
- Census village code 219205

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

## How far is Sundarpur from nearby towns?
- Sursand (sub-district HQ) 10 km by road
- Sitamarhi (district HQ) 11 km by road
- Sitamarhi (nearest town) 11 km by road

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

## What facilities are there in Sundarpur?

15 services counted by the Census are inside Sundarpur; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Primary school In village · 1 govt
- ● Middle school In village · 1 govt
- ● Health sub-centre In village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ● Maternity & child welfare centre In village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ● Family welfare centre In village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ● Mobile phone coverage In village
- ● Public bus service In village
- ● Private bus service In village
- ● National highway In village
- ● Pucca (black-topped) road In village
- ● Agricultural credit society In village
- ● Ration (PDS) shop In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village
- ● Polling station In village

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

### Water and power
- Drinking water hand pumps

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

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Sundarpur known for?

The main crops are paddy. About 92% of the 133 hectares of village land is sown, and 36 hectares are irrigated.

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

## Homes and amenities in Sundarpur

Of every 100 households in Sundarpur in 2011, 0 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 12 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sundarpur · ■ Sursand rural average
- Electricity for lighting 0% 15%
- Toilet within the home 5% 20%
- No toilet (open defecation) 95% 79%
- Tap water 0% 2%
- Drinking water within premises 5% 30%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 5%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 94%
- Use banking services 37% 28%
- Television 0% 9%
- Mobile phone 12% 41%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 1% 5%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 34% 32%
- Own their home 100% 99%

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

## What is the population of Sundarpur?

■ Sundarpur · ■ Sursand rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 56.8% 52.4%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 860 909
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 951 927
- Working population 39.0% 34.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 58.3% for men and 54.9% for women. 47% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 74 (9%) · ■ Farm labourers 398 (47%) · ■ Household industry 9 (1%) · ■ Other work 96 (11%) · ■ Marginal 261 (31%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Sursand
- Sondehi 2,350 people
- Majhaulia 2,348 people
- Gopalpur 2,193 people
- Bakhari 2,192 people
- Chakni 2,014 people
- Sihniapatti 1,886 people
- Bindi Nowabad 1,877 people
- Bhamua 1,868 people

All 53 villages in Sursand

## Quick answers
- How far is Sundarpur from Sitamarhi? 11 km by road
- What is the population of Sundarpur? 2,150 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sundarpur in? Sitamarhi district (Sursand sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Sundarpur? 56.8% (Census 2011)

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