Siwan, Bihar


Siwan is a city and nagar parishad in the Indian state of Bihar. It is the administrative headquarters of Siwan district and one of the urban settlements out of three in the district. It is located close to Uttar Pradesh.

History

The Siwan Municipal Council was established in 1924. It was the subdivisional headquarter of Siwan subdivision and Siwan subdivision was a subdivision of old Saran district.

Geography and climate

Siwan city is located at coordinates Latitude and longitude. It has an average elevation of. Daha River, which is a small river, which floods in rainy season pass through the west of the town. The river dries up during summer. Daha river is also the most polluted river of Siwan district.
The weather of Siwan is mild and generally warm and temperate. This climate is considered to be Cwa according to the Köppen-Geiger climate classification.

Demographics

As of 2011 Indian Census, Siwan had a total population of 135,066, of which 70,756 were males and 64,310 were females. Population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 18,282. The total number of literates in Siwan was 92,967, which constituted 68.8% of the population with male literacy of 73.6% and female literacy of 63.6%. The effective literacy rate of 7+ population of Siwan was 79.6%, of which male literacy rate was 85.2% and female literacy rate was 73.5%. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes population was 8,244 and 1,514 respectively. Siwan had 21223 households in 2011.
India census, Siwan had a population of 108,172 of which 57,223 were male and 50,949 female.

Transport

connects Siwan to Gopalganj and Chhapra. NH-531 meets to NH-27 at Gopalganj. Which is second longest road in India. Bihar State Highway-47 connects Barharia, Mairwa and Guthani to Siwan. State Highway-73 and 89 also connects Siwan to nearest town and villages.
There is a Siwan Junction railway station in Siwan which connects to major cities of India.
There is no airports in Siwan. Jay Prakash Narayan Airport which is situated in Patna, is the nearest airport to Siwan.

Notable people