Cheraut
Choraut block · Sitamarhi district, Bihar · PIN 843319 · village code 219694
Population 2011
35,976
Census of India
Population 2020
42,700
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+18.7%
6,724 people · 1.9% a year
Households
8,806
+5.6% vs 8,342 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
35,976
Male / female
18,909 / 17,067
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
903
Children aged 0–6
6,356
Literacy rate
46.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
3,081 / 24
Working population
11,722
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
85.1%
Households
8,342
Village facilities, 2020
This village spans 3 gram panchayats and was surveyed once by each. The figures below are from Choraut Uttar panchayat's return.
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
The village primary school
These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.
Students
300
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
60
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
None
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
414
Non-farm households
303
Share of households farming, 2020
58%
Net sown area
235 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
235 / 198 / 200
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Location
26.5225, 85.8050 — view on OpenStreetMap
Nearby villages
Chandauli Timba · Chandpatti · Chandpur urf Narayanpur · Chandpura · Chhaurahia · Chiganwa · Chikna Chak · Chiraya