# Bichhawi Village, Bichhua, Chhindwara (Madhya Pradesh)

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Village · Bichhua, Chhindwara 

# Bichhawi

Bichhawi is a village in Bichhua sub-district of Chhindwara district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **517 people in 116 households**, the 70th largest of 142 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.

- 517people (2011)
- 116households
- 60.2%literacy
- 981females per 1,000 males

## Bichhawi PIN code and other codes

Bichhawi falls in Bichhua sub-district, Chhindwara district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockBichhua
- Census village code495434

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

## How far is Bichhawi from nearby towns?

- Bichhua (sub-district HQ)15 km by road
- Chhindwara (district HQ)65 km by road
- Chhindwara (nearest town)65 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 Bichhawi?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Bichhawi; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Khamarpani
- ○Degree college10+ km · Bichhua
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Chhindwara
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)9 h summer · 9 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 Bichhawi known for?

About 68% of the 363 hectares of village land is sown, and 19 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 Bichhawi

Of every 100 households in Bichhawi in 2011, 80 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Bichhawi · ■ Bichhua rural average

Electricity for lighting ****80%**

**78%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**88%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**7%

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

**4%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****47%**

**47%

Television ****15%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**21%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**13%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****48%**

**46%

Own their home ****96%**

**93%

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 Bichhawi?

■ Bichhawi · ■ Bichhua rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.2%**

**70.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****981**

**972

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****974**

**967

Working population ****52.8%**

**49.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.7% for men and 52.5% for women. 54% of men and 51% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 116 (42%) · **■** Farm labourers 109 (40%) · **■** Other work 3 (1%) · **■** Marginal 45 (16%)

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 Bichhua

- Datla535 people
- Palaspani Kala531 people
- Chichgaon521 people
- Silota Kala521 people
- Jaitpur512 people
- Ambaziri Khurd509 people
- Karel505 people
- Kapurkheda498 people

[All 147 villages in Bichhua](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/chhindwara/bichhua/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Bichhawi from Chhindwara?65 km by road
- What is the population of Bichhawi?517 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bichhawi in?Chhindwara district (Bichhua sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Bichhawi?60.2% (Census 2011)