Lead story
18
September 2026
newsSTATE
Bihar may demand ₹250 cr from Centre as crop damage aid | Hindustan Times
Reported by Hindustan Times.
By Resident0 likes0 comments
Represented by
Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
RD
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
REKHA DEVI
Contact: 97****1452
Spotted a stale sarpanch record? Sign in and a verified resident of Saruwa can update it.
- LGD code
- 242403
- Pincode
- 813104
- Post office
- Bounsi
- Population
- 5,393
- Households
- 1,122
- Literacy rate
- 46.6%
- Sex ratio
- 1000 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 2,230
Census 2011 · in context
How Saruwa compares
By population, Saruwa ranks #11 of 154 villages in Bausi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
46.6%
−0.6% vs mandal average
- Saruwa
- 46.6%
- Bausi mandal
- 47.2%
- Banka district
- 47.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,000
+80 vs mandal average
- Saruwa
- 1,000
- Bausi mandal
- 920
Household size
people per home
4.8
−0.4 vs mandal average
- Saruwa
- 4.8
- Bausi mandal
- 5.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Saruwa at a glance
Saruwa is a village of 5,393 people in 1,122 households (Census 2011) in Bausi block, Banka district, Bihar, the 11th-largest of 154 villages in Bausi block. Literacy is 47%, about the same as the block average of 47% and the sex ratio is 1,000 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 813104, served by Bounsi post office; the LGD village code is 242403. The sarpanch is REKHA DEVI, and the village votes in Bakhri assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sanjay Kumar. The population is estimated at 6,358 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Sarua →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saruwa · this village | 5,393 | 47% | — |
| Sukhiabarait · Bausi | 4,037 | 44% | — |
| Sarhamu · Bausi | 1,534 | 55% | — |
| Ratansar · Bausi | 869 | 31% | — |
| Bhaga · Bausi | 792 | 63% | — |
Complete this village · 4/7
Add what you know →- Sarpanch name
- Panchayat contact
- Pincode
- About the villageA few sentences on history and livelihood
- A photoTemple, school, fields — anything from the village
- A festival or jatara
- A notable personTeacher, soldier, sportsperson, entrepreneur
Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Saruwa
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 1
- Power hours (winter)
- 1
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 2
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- BANKA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 33
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 33
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 20
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Saruwa
- Total area (ha)
- 1,455
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 500
- Forest area (ha)
- 55
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Saruwa
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Saruwa
- LGD code
- 242403
- Pincode
- 813104
- Post office
- Bounsi
- Population (Census 2011)
- 5,393
- Population (projected 2026)
- 6,358
- Households
- 1,122
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1000
- Literacy rate
- 46.6%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Begusarai
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bakhri
- Member of Parliament
- Giriraj Singh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sanjay Kumar
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- REKHA DEVI
- Block / Mandal
- Bausi
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 813104
Same name, different place
Other villages named Saruwa
Looking for a different Saruwa? 1 other village shares this name across India. All villages named Saruwa →
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Saruwa
Other villages in Bausi mandal
View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)