CENSUS OF INDIA 2001 SERIES-11 BIHAR DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK Part - A & B SHEOHAR DISTRICT VILLAGE & TOWN DIRECTORY ~ VILLAGE AND TOWNWISE PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRACT Sudhir Kumar Rakesh of the Indian Administrative Service Director of Census Operations, Bihar IN D I A v'> '0 :;,1% 8 I H A R - <\; ~ " '-.~'I) DISTRICT SHEOHAR \ .\. ( " Km 5 o 5 Km , Bara!ll Mohan " , "' • I i Bakhar Chr,mdlha \ \ @/ I I d I PURNJiHIYA ( I • I \ Kh~ufa Pahan . mwa Kalan -I' --. / cfl To(af Kuraf /'(-). 'PrP~~ffl©.}" ,'- -__.:... -'"'\,...;1 / Area(SqKm) 34900 33967 933 '~'L .-'__"~. Basahw Sh6:h/ /' J 'I' _,. '\., _• I. I.. • ,) , Popuialion 515961 494699 21al2 " \ \.,. (IMaSaUra ) ';() No of Village<> 203 r'· \ ...... __ . __ /'_' No of Town, 01 \ Sugw \,<a esn • \ '_, "" ...-' Dlslance of DIstrict Head QUdrters . ~ eha anpur /Mlnapur Balha' (1 10 Slate Head Quarters 132 Km , TaJpur A \-' • \ '. ".'\ "'IlJJ1 , r. /. II I ~ ~ ~ J '.;" \ \. Dhankaul ITo _ • _, _ • oJ' Jah:ngl~U \ SHEO R \ . _ ' -,_ ~ _. ' S~~marhl I Naya Gaon \ /' . , _ (.. '\...- /.1 0 \ Sham pur _ ,/ / I Kursa_hElr__ . , ...... \ ~- I I :J> Duma To RumsaJdpur I ~ I / • • Khurpattl' \ RIANI CHOWK' @ "' BOUNDARY DISTRICT I -Chhaprj C D BLOCK I IMPORTANT METALLED ROAD I RIVER AND STREAM \ urf Narwara , (I) DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS © C D BLOCK HEADQU ARTERS Naya Gavn VILLAGES HAVING 5000 AND ABOVE POPULATION URBAN AREA WITH POPULATION SIZE CLASS 1Il td upon ~urvey of indict map wllh the pellTIl%IOn of the Surveyor Generdi of India C GoverllnPnl of Indld {opYllgh, Z004 Bbubnesbwar Temple - Deokuli, Sbeobar The ancient Bhubneshwar Temple of Lord Shiva is situated 5 kms. east of Sheohar town between Sheohar-Sitamarhi sector on National Highway no. 104 near the river Bagmati. The legend is that the great mythological warrior, Parsurama - the famous devotee and disciple of Lord Shiva established here the SHIVALINGA and worshiped the deity for thousands of years. During the month of SHRAWA"!A a big fair is held every year around the temple. Contents Pages Foreword xi Preface xiii Acknowledgements xv District Highlights - 2001 Census XVII Important Statistics in the District XIX Ranking of C.D. Blocks in the District xxi Statement - 1 to 9 xxii - xxviii Statement-l Name of the headquarters of district/tehsils, their rural-urban status and distance from district headquarters, 2001 XXII Statement-2 Name of the headquarters of district/C.D. block, their rural­ urban status and distance from district headquarters, fOO 1 XXII Statement-3 Population of the district at each census from 190 I to 200 I XXIJI Statement-4 Area, number of villages/towns and population in the district and C.D. Blocks, 200 I XXIV Statement-5 C.O. Block wise number of villages and rural population, 2001 xxv Statement-6 Population of Urban Agglomerations (including constituent units)/ Towns xxv Statement-7 Villages with population of 5,000 and above at C.D. Block level as per 2001 census and amenities available xxvi Statement-8 Statutory towns with population less than 5000 as per 200 I census and amenities available XXVIlJ Statement-9 Houseless and Institutional population of C.O. Blocks, rural and urban, 200 J xxviii Diagrams XXIX Analytical Note 3 - 51 (i) History and the scope of the District Censlls Hand Book 3 (ii) Brief History of the District 5 (iii) Administrative Set-up 5 (i\l) Physical features 6 (v) Census Concepts 9 (vi) Non-Census Conc.epts 16 (vii) 2001 Census findings - Population, its distribution 21 J.J II Jill!> ~ " Pages (a) Brief analysis of PCA data based on inset tables I to 36 21 (b) Brief analysis of the Village Directory and Town Directory data based on inset tables 37 to 47 40 (c) Brief analysis of the data on houses and household amenities ( Houselisting Operations. Census of India 200 I) based on inset tables 48 to 52 46 (viii) Major social and cultural events, natural and administrative developments and significant activities during the decade 5 I (ix) Brief description of places of religious, historical or archaeological importance in villages and places of tourist interest in the towns of the district 51 (x) . Major characteristics of the district, contribution of the district in the form of any historical figure associated with the district 51 (xi) Scope of Village Directory and Town Directory - column heading wise explanation and coverage of data - 5 I PART-A: VILLAGE AND TOWN DIRECTORY Section-I: Village Directory (a) Note. explaining the abbreviations used in Village Directory 59 .(b) List of villages merged in towns and outgrowths at 2001 Census 62 (c) C.D. Blockwise presentation of Village Directory Data 63 - 107 (i) C.D.Block Map showing C.D.Block boundary (ii) Alphabetical list of Villages alongwith location code 1991 and 200 I (iii) Presentation of Village Directory Data in prescribed format I. C.D. Block Purnahiya 63 2. C.D. Block Piprarhi 73 3. C.D. Block Sheohar 83 4. C.D. Block Dumri Katsari 97 5. C.D. Block Tariyani Chowk 107 (d) Appendixes to Village Directory 128 - ]40 Appendix-I Abstract of Educational, Medical & other amenities in villages - C.D. Block level }lS' Appendix IA: Villages by number of primary schools 131 Appendix IB Villages by primary, middle and secondary schools 13 I Appendix IC Villages with different sources of drinking water facilities available 132 Appendix II : Villages with 5,000 and above population whi~h do not have one or more amenities 132 Appendix I1A: Census Towns which do not have one or more amenities 133 Pages Appendix III : Land utilization data in respect of censlis towns/non~ municipal towns 133 Appendix IV : C.D. Blockwise list of inhabited villages where no amenity other than drinking water facility is available 133 Appendix V Summary showing number of villages not having Scheduled Castes population 134 Appendix VI Summary showing number of villages not having Scheduled Tribes population 134 Appendix VIlA: List of villages according to the proportion of Scheduled Castes to the total population by ranges J35 Appendix VIIB: List of villages according to the proportion of Scheduled Tribes to the total population by ranges 140 Appendix VIII : Number of Villages under each Gram Panchayat (C.O. block wise) 141 Appendix IX : Statement showing number of girls schools in the villages 142 Sectjon~lI : Town Directory (a) Note explainIng the abbreviations used in Town Directory 145 Town Directory Statements (J to VII) ISO ~ 164 (b) Statement I Status and growth history 150 (c) Statement II Physical aspects and location of towns 152 (d) Statement III : Municipal finance 154 (e) Statement IV : Civic and other Amen ities 156 (t) Statement V : Medical, Educational, Recreational and Cultural facilities ) 58 (g) Statement VI : Trade, Commerce, Industry and Banking 160 (h) Statement VII: Civic and other amenities in slums ]62 (i) Appendix to Town Directory - Towns showing their outgrowth with population 164 PART-B : PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRACT (a) Brief note on Primary Census Abstract 167 (b) District Primary Census Abstract (General) 170 (c) Appendix to District Primary Census Abstract i.e., Urban blockwise figures of total, SC and ST population 176 Primary Census Abstract for Scheduled Castes 178 Primary Census Abstract for Scheduled Tribes 184 C.D. Blockwise Village Primary Census Abstract }90 - 232 J. C.D. Block Purnahiya 190 2. C.D. Block Piprarhi 196 Pages 3 C O. Block Sheohar 202 4. C.D. Block Oumri Katsari 208 5. C.O. Block Tariyani Chowk 214 Urban Primary CensLls Abstract 226 Annexure 1 Number of Villages under each Gram Panchayat 235 Annexure 11 Estimates of child mortality, 1981 and 1991 Census 236 Annexure III Various measures of fertility and mean age at marriage 1991 Census 236 Annexure IV Percentage distribution of migrants by place of birth/place of last residence, 200 I Census 238 Annexure V Brief account of main religions in the District/C.O. Blocks as per 2001 Census 239 Annexure VI Marital status of population as per 2001 Census 241 Annexure VII : Age, Sex and Education in the district, 2001 Census 246 Annexure VIII: Distribution of.difft!rent mother tongues returned in 2001 Census 250 Foreword he District Census Handbook (DCHB) published by Census Organization since 1951 census, is one T.of the important publication in the context of planning and development at grass-root level. The publication, which is brought out for each district, contains several demographic and socio-economic characteristics vi II age­ wise and town-wise of the district along with the status of availability of civic amenities, infrastructure facilities, etc. The scope of the DCHB was initially confined to a few Census Table and Primary Census Abstract (PCA) of each village and town within the district. Thereafter, at sllccessive cenSllses, its scope and coverage has been enlarged. The DCHB published at the 1961 census provided a descriptive account of the district, administrative statistics. censlIs tables and a village and town directory including PCA. The 1971 censlls­ DCHB series was in three parts: Part-A related to village and town directory, Part-B to village and town PCA and Part-C comprised analytical report, administrative statistics, district census tables and certain analytical tables based on PCA and amenity data in respect of villages. TAe 1981 censlls DCHB was in two parts: Part­ A contained village and town directory and Part-B the PCA of village and town including the SCs and STs PCA up to tahsil! town levels. New features along with restructtlring of the formats of villages and town dire rectory were added into it. In village Directory, all amenities except electricity were brought together and if any amenity was not available in the referent village, the distance in broad ranges from the nearest place having such an amenity, was given.