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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Sawaiya is a small village in Warisaliganj mandal, Nawada district, Bihar with a population of 578 across 82 households. The literacy rate is 48.3%, and the village is located at 25.213°N, 87.449°E with PIN code 805130.
GD
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
GUDIYA DEVI
Contact: 77****6142
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- LGD code
- 257566
- Pincode
- 805130
- Post office
- Warisaliganj
- Population
- 578
- Households
- 82
- Literacy rate
- 48.3%
- Sex ratio
- 933 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 452
- Distance to district centre
- 123 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 106 km
- Distance to Patna
- 236 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 308 km
- Nearest railway station
- Ammapali · 7 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- B R Clinic · 4 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Sawaiya compares
By population, Sawaiya ranks #57 of 75 villages in Warisaliganj mandal.
Literacy rate
%
48.3%
−0.3% vs mandal average
- Sawaiya
- 48.3%
- Warisaliganj mandal
- 48.6%
- Nawada district
- 49.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
933
+8 vs mandal average
- Sawaiya
- 933
- Warisaliganj mandal
- 925
Household size
people per home
7.0
+0.7 vs mandal average
- Sawaiya
- 7.0
- Warisaliganj mandal
- 6.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sawaiya at a glance
Sawaiya is a village of 578 people in 82 households (Census 2011) in Warisaliganj block, Nawada district, Bihar, the 57th-largest of 75 villages in Warisaliganj block. Literacy is 48%, about the same as the block average of 49% and the sex ratio is 933 women per 1,000 men. It lies 123 km from the Nawada district centre, 8 km from Karma, the nearest town, 7 km from Ammapali railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 805130, served by Warisaliganj post office; the LGD village code is 257566. The nearest hospital or health centre is B R Clinic, 4 km away. The sarpanch is GUDIYA DEVI, and the village votes in Jamalpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Nachiketa Mandal. The population is estimated at 681 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Sawaiya
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- 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
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- WARISALIGANJ
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 7
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 30
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 7
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Saur
- Total area (ha)
- 31
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 20.58
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Sawaiya
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Sawaiya
- LGD code
- 257566
- Pincode
- 805130
- Post office
- Warisaliganj
- Population (Census 2011)
- 578
- Population (projected 2026)
- 681
- Households
- 82
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 933
- Literacy rate
- 48.3%
- Coordinates
- 25.21309°N, 87.44903°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Munger
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Jamalpur
- Member of Parliament
- Rajiv Ranjan Singh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Nachiketa Mandal
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- GUDIYA DEVI
- Block / Mandal
- Warisaliganj
- Nearest railway station
- Masudan (110.0 km)
Getting there
How to reach Sawaiya
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna236 kmcapital
- Kolkata308 km
- Delhi1083 km
- Hyderabad1272 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationAmmapali7 km
- Bus stopNawabgunj25 km
- Hospital / PHCB R Clinic4 km
- ATM / banksbi32 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Petrol Pump39 km
- CollegeAmbedkar Institute of Health Line37 km
- Police stationNaka No 2(Police Station)37 km
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- MakanpurWarisaliganj mandal6,082 pop
- TheraWarisaliganj mandal5,927 pop
- Baghi BardihaWarisaliganj mandal5,875 pop
- KutriWarisaliganj mandal5,445 pop
- MasudaWarisaliganj mandal4,752 pop
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- 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
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