# Bara Shikuara Village, Nautan, Siwan (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Nautan, Siwan 

# Bara Shikuara

Bara Shikuara is a village in Nautan sub-district of Siwan district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **252 people in 44 households**, the 46th largest of 46 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.7%.

- 252people (2011)
- 44households
- 65.4%literacy
- 1,291females per 1,000 males

## Bara Shikuara PIN code and other codes

Bara Shikuara falls in Nautan sub-district, Siwan district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatNarkatiya
- Community development blockNautan
- Census village code231301

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

## How far is Bara Shikuara from nearby towns?

- Nautan (sub-district HQ)3 km by road
- Siwan (district HQ)21 km by road
- Siwan (nearest town)21 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 Bara Shikuara?

5 services counted by the Census are inside Bara Shikuara; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Nautan
- ○Degree college10+ km · Siwan
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Hathua
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)3 h summer · 3 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 Bara Shikuara known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 81% of the 100 hectares of village land is sown, and 57 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 Bara Shikuara

Of every 100 households in Bara Shikuara in 2011, 0 had electricity, 26 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 94 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Bara Shikuara · ■ Nautan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**5%

Toilet within the home ****26%**

**13%

No toilet (open defecation) ****74%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****68%**

**62%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**95%

Use banking services ****72%**

**77%

Television ****13%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****94%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**12%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****4%**

**8%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Bara Shikuara?

■ Bara Shikuara · ■ Nautan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.4%**

**68.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1291**

**978

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1278**

**933

Working population ****25.4%**

**27.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.3% for men and 54.6% for women. 45% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 10 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (2%) · **■** Other work 7 (11%) · **■** Marginal 46 (72%)

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 Nautan

- Tali608 people
- Dewan Chak527 people
- Partappur355 people
- Balua263 people

[All 47 villages in Nautan](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/siwan/nautan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Bara Shikuara from Siwan?21 km by road
- What is the population of Bara Shikuara?252 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bara Shikuara in?Siwan district (Nautan sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Bara Shikuara?65.4% (Census 2011)