Siwan
Siwan district profile
Siwan (area: 2,219 sq km) is one of the districts covered by PACS in Bihar. The district, situated in the western part of north Bihar, is a part of Saran division. Siwan town, located on the eastern bank of the river Daha, is the administrative headquarters.
Siwan is bordered by Gopalganj district in the north and by the river Ghaghra in the south, beyond which lies Balia district of Uttar Pradesh. To the east of Siwan is Saran district; the district of Deoria borders it in the west.
Siwan is part of the alluvium of the broader Indo-Gangetic plain. The southern part of the district, along the river Ghaghra, is marked by ‘draras’, which are typical formations of the sand with a thin layer of clay and silt over them.
Siwan has one of the highest sex ratios among the districts in Bihar. Around 11% of the population belongs to the scheduled castes. Muslims constitute 18% of the population.
| No | Indicator | Data |
| 1 | Population | |
| Persons | 2,714,349 | |
| Male | 1,336,283 | |
| Female | 1,378,066 | |
| Children (0 to 4 years) | 357,430 | |
| Decadal growth (1991-2001) | 24.78% | |
| Rural | 2,564,860 (94.49%) | |
| Urban | 149,489 (5.51%) | |
| Sex ratio (females per 1,000 males) | 1,031 | |
| Household size (per household) | 7 | |
| SC population | 309,013 (11.38%) | |
| ST population | 13,822 (0.51%) | |
| 2 | Literacy rate | |
| Persons | 51.65 | |
| Male | 67.26 | |
| Female | 36.88 | |
| 3 | Religious groups (largest three) | |
| Hindus | 2,218,632 | |
| Muslims | 494,176 | |
| Religion not stated | 899 | |
| 4 | Important towns (largest three) | |
| Siwan | 109,919 | |
| Maharajganj | 20,860 | |
| Mairwa | 18,710 | |
| 5 | Amenities in villages | |
| Total inhabited villages | 1,438 | |
| Villages with: | ||
| Safe drinking water | 1,437 | |
| Electricity (domestic) | 330 | |
| Primary schools | 1,119 | |
| Medical facility | 254 | |
| Paved approach road | 560 | |
| 6 | Health | |
| Pregnant women* who received at least three or more antenatal checkups | 33.3% | |
| Pregnant women* who received at least one TT injection | 84.3% | |
| Women* who had institutional delivery | 33.4% | |
| Children aged 12-23 months who were fully immunised** | 51.8% | |
| Children aged 12-23 months who received at least one dose of Vitamin A | 72.7% | |
| 7 | Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme | |
| Households issued job cards# | 310,018 | |
| Cumulative person days employment generated# | 619 | |
| Households completed 100 days employment# | 0 | |
Sources:
*Women aged 15-49 who had their last live/still birth after December 31, 2003
** BCG, three injections of DPT, three doses of polio (excluding Polio 0) and measles
# As on September 3, 2010
Indicator groups 1-5: Census of India 2001http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Dist_File/datasheet-1016.pdf
Indicator group 6: Tables 4.6, 4.9 and 5.7 in District Level Household and Facility Survey (DLHS-3), 2007-08: India. Bihar. International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai, 2010; funded by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
Indicator group 7: State-wise NREGA Implementation Status Report in http://nrega.nic.in viewed September 3, 2010
