Siwan, Bihar

Siwan is a city and nagar parishad in the Indian state of Bihar.[6] 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.[7]

This article is about the city in Bihar, India. For disambiguation, see Siwan (disambiguation).

Siwan
City
Siwan is located in Bihar
Siwan
Siwan
Location in Bihar, India
Siwan is located in India
Siwan
Siwan
Siwan (India)
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
[1]
 • Total69.4 km2 (26.8 sq mi)
 • 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]
 • RegionalBhojpuri[5]
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Pin Code
841226-841227
ISO 3166 codeIN-BR
Vehicle registrationBR-29
ClimateCwa
Lok Sabha constituencySiwan
Vidhan Sabha constituencySiwan
Websitesiwan.nic.in

History
A bathing ghat in siwan, ca. 1906

The Siwan Municipal Council (SMC) was established in 1924.[1] It was the subdivisional headquarters of Siwan subdivision under the old Saran district. It became district headquarters of the Siwan district when it was formed in 1972.

Geography and climate

Siwan city is located at coordinates 26.22°N 84.36°E / 26.22; 84.36 Latitude and longitude. It is counted in one of the tarai region of Himalaya Mountain range. It has an average elevation of 72 metres (236 ft).[8] Daha River, which is a small river, which floods in rainy season pass through the west of the town. The river starts drying up during the summer. The green area in Siwan is about (21%) of its area.

The weather of Siwan is generally mild cool throughout the year and temperature falls down up to 4 °C in December and January but it is warm in May, June and July. This climate is considered to be Cwa according to the Köppen-Geiger climate classification.[9] and is best suited for agriculture.

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)		 32.0
(89.6)		 31.8
(89.2)		 28.7
(83.7)		 24.7
(76.5)		 31.2
(88.2)
Daily mean °C (°F) 16.4
(61.5)		 18.9
(66.0)		 24.5
(76.1)		 28.9
(84.0)		 32.0
(89.6)		 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)		 26.0
(78.8)		 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[9]

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.[3]

As of 2001 India census, Siwan had a population of 108,172 of which 57,223 were male and 50,949 female.[10]

Religion

Majority of the people follow Hinduism (65%), followed by Islam (34%). Small populations of followers of Christianity, Sikhism, Buddhism and Jainism are also present in the city.[11]

Religions in Siwan Nagar Parishad[11]
Religion Percent
Hindus
 
 64.74%
Muslims
 
 34.19%
Others
 
 1.07%

Transport

Roadways

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.

Railways

There is a Siwan Junction railway station in Siwan which well connects to major cities of India.

Airways

There is no airport in Siwan. Jay Prakash Narayan Airport which is situated 140 km away in Patna is the nearest airport. Gorakhpur Airport (100 km) and Kushinagar Airport (95 km) are other nearby airports.

Notable people

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. "Culture & Heritage | District Siwan, Government Of Bihar | India". siwan.nic.in/. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  6. "Municipalities of Siwan district". siwan.nic.in. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  7. "Siwan News". www.siwanonline.com. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  8. "Siwan, Bihar, India". www.latlong.net. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  9. "Climate:Siwan". Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  10. "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.
  11. "C-1 Population By Religious Community - Siwan". census.gov.in. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
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