Siwan, Bihar

Siwan is a city and nagar parishad in the Indian state of Bihar.[5] 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.[6]

Siwan
City
Siwan
Location in Bihar, India
Siwan
Siwan (India)
Siwan
Siwan (Asia)
Coordinates: 26.22°N 84.36°E / 26.22; 84.36
Country India
StateBihar
DistrictSiwan
SubdivisionSiwan Subdivision
BlockSiwan Block
Established1924[1]
Government
 • TypeCouncil–manager
 • BodySiwan Municipal Council
 • ChairpersonSindhu Singh[2] (BJP)
 • Deputy chairmanBablu Shah
Area
 • Total69.4 km2 (26.8 sq mi)
Area rank53rd
Elevation
72 m (236 ft)
Population
 (2011)[3]
 • Total135,066
 • Rank18th
 • Density1,900/km2 (5,000/sq mi)
Language
 • OfficialHindi[4]
 • Additional officialUrdu[4]
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Pin Code
841226-841227
ISO 3166 codeIN-BR
Vehicle registrationBR-29
ClimateCwa
Lok Sabha constituencySiwan
Vidhan Sabha constituencySiwan
Websitehttps://siwan.nic.in/

History

The Siwan Municipal Council (SMC) was established in 1924.[1] 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 26.22°N 84.36°E / 26.22; 84.36 Latitude and longitude. It has an average elevation of 72 metres (236 ft).[7] 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.[8]

Climate data for Siwan (1982-2012)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 23.1
(73.6)		 26.1
(79.0)		 32.4
(90.3)		 36.2
(97.2)		 38.6
(101.5)		 36.2
(97.2)		 32.8
(91.0)		 32.3
(90.1)		 32.
(90)		 31.8
(89.2)		 28.7
(83.7)		 24.7
(76.5)		 31.2
(88.3)
Daily mean °C (°F) 16.4
(61.5)		 18.9
(66.0)		 24.5
(76.1)		 28.9
(84.0)		 32
(90)		 31.4
(88.5)		 29.4
(84.9)		 29.2
(84.6)		 28.7
(83.7)		 26.7
(80.1)		 21.6
(70.9)		 17.6
(63.7)		 25.4
(77.8)
Average low °C (°F) 9.8
(49.6)		 11.8
(53.2)		 16.7
(62.1)		 21.7
(71.1)		 25.5
(77.9)		 26.6
(79.9)		 26
(79)		 26.2
(79.2)		 25.5
(77.9)		 21.7
(71.1)		 14.5
(58.1)		 10.5
(50.9)		 19.7
(67.5)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 21
(0.8)		 7
(0.3)		 11
(0.4)		 7
(0.3)		 25
(1.0)		 164
(6.5)		 257
(10.1)		 316
(12.4)		 192
(7.6)		 54
(2.1)		 6
(0.2)		 2
(0.1)		 1,062
(41.8)
Source: Climate-data.org[8]

Demographics
Religions in Siwan District
Religion Percent
Hindus
 
 81.45%
Muslims
 
 18.26%
Others
 
 0.29%

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.[3]

As of 2001 India census, Siwan had a population of 108,172 of which 57,223 were male and 50,949 female.[9]

Transport

NH-531 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

See also
  • List of cities in Bihar

References
  1. "City Development Plan for Siwan" (PDF). www.urban.bih.nic.in. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
  2. "सीवान नगर परिषद की चेयरमैन बनी सिंधू देवी". Hindustan (in Hindi). Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  3. "Census of India: Siwan". www.censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  4. "52nd REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR LINGUISTIC MINORITIES IN INDIA" (PDF). nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  5. "Municipalities of Siwan district". siwan.nic.in. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  6. "Siwan News". www.siwanonline.com. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  7. "Siwan, Bihar, India". www.latlong.net. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  8. "Climate:Siwan". Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  9. "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.


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