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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SUJIT KUMAR SINGH
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- LGD code
- 246725
- Pincode
- 802313
- Post office
- Gunari
- Population
- 1,705
- Households
- 243
- Literacy rate
- 62.5%
- Sex ratio
- 903 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 447
Census 2011 · in context
How Sarsiwan compares
By population, Sarsiwan ranks #46 of 115 villages in Arrah mandal.
Literacy rate
%
62.5%
+4.9% vs mandal average
- Sarsiwan
- 62.5%
- Arrah mandal
- 57.6%
- Bhojpur district
- 58.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
903
+13 vs mandal average
- Sarsiwan
- 903
- Arrah mandal
- 890
Household size
people per home
7.0
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Sarsiwan
- 7.0
- Arrah mandal
- 6.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sarsiwan at a glance
Sarsiwan is a village of 1,705 people in 243 households (Census 2011) in Arrah block, Bhojpur district, Bihar, the 46th-largest of 115 villages in Arrah block. Literacy is 63%, 5 points above the block average of 58% and the sex ratio is 903 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 802313, served by Gunari post office; the LGD village code is 246725. The sarpanch is SUJIT KUMAR SINGH, and the village votes in Warisnagar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Manjarik Mrinal. The population is estimated at 2,010 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Sarsiwan
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 4
- Power hours (winter)
- 4
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- 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
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- ARRAH
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 15
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 15
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 15
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BASANTPUR
- Total area (ha)
- 82
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 11.4
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Sarsiwan
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Sarsiwan
- LGD code
- 246725
- Pincode
- 802313
- Post office
- Gunari
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,705
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,010
- Households
- 243
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 903
- Literacy rate
- 62.5%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Samastipur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Warisnagar
- Member of Parliament
- Shambhavi Choudhary
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Manjarik Mrinal
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SUJIT KUMAR SINGH
- Block / Mandal
- Arrah
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)