# Harihans Village, Hussainganj, Siwan (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Hussainganj, Siwan 

# Harihans

Harihans is a village in Hussainganj sub-district of Siwan district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **17,850 people in 2,734 households**, the 1st largest of 45 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 69.0%.

- 17,850people (2011)
- 2,734households
- 67.3%literacy
- 946females per 1,000 males

## Harihans PIN code and other codes

Harihans falls in Hussainganj sub-district, Siwan district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatPurviharians
- Community development blockHussainganj
- Census village code232014

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

## How far is Harihans from nearby towns?

- Hussainganj (sub-district HQ)8 km by road
- Siwan (district HQ)10 km by road
- Siwan (nearest town)10 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 Harihans?

21 services counted by the Census are inside Harihans; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 3 govt · 2 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 3 govt · 2 private
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●TB clinicIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 2 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Degree college10+ km · Siwan
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Siwan
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watercovered wells, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)4 h summer · 5 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 Harihans known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 73% of the 728 hectares of village land is sown, and 293 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 Harihans

Of every 100 households in Harihans in 2011, 10 had electricity, 30 a toilet at home and 11 cooked with LPG; 67 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Harihans · ■ Hussainganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****10%**

**19%

Toilet within the home ****30%**

**29%

No toilet (open defecation) ****70%**

**68%

Tap water ****6%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****80%**

**76%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****11%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**90%

Use banking services ****61%**

**74%

Television ****13%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****67%**

**71%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**11%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****18%**

**12%

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 Harihans?

■ Harihans · ■ Hussainganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.3%**

**69.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****946**

**965

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****997**

**957

Working population ****25.8%**

**24.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.7% for men and 57.3% for women. 45% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 485 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 767 (17%) · **■** Household industry 72 (2%) · **■** Other work 1,979 (43%) · **■** Marginal 1,307 (28%)

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 Hussainganj

- Gopalpur12,766 people
- Bararam8,564 people
- Khanpur Khairanti8,480 people
- Hathaura8,461 people

[All 46 villages in Hussainganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/siwan/hussainganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Harihans from Siwan?10 km by road
- What is the population of Harihans?17,850 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Harihans in?Siwan district (Hussainganj sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Harihans?67.3% (Census 2011)
