Sisai is one of the biggest villages in the Indian state of

Bihar Bihar ( ) is a states and union territories of India, state in Eastern India. It is the list of states and union territories of India by population, second largest state by population, the List of states and union territories of India by are ...

. It comes under Siwan District, located about 42 km by road and 52 km by train route north (U.P. border, absolute corner of Chhapra, Gopalganj and Siwan Districts) of

Chhapra Chhapra (ISO 15919, ISO: ''Chaparā'') is a city and headquarters of the Saran District in the Indian state of Bihar. It is situated near the junction of the Ghaghara River and the Ganges River. Chhapra grew in importance as a river-based mar ...

. It is a typical village of Bihar. It is the biggest village in Siwan. It has 51 tola. It comes under Goriyakothi Police Station and Sisai Panchayat. There is a famous middle school which was built in 1916. It is bounded by Chhitaouli from North, Bishunpur from South, Angya from East and Pahlejpur from West. In the 2011 census, there were 1,877 families with population of 11,892 of which 5,633 were females while 6,259 were males. The population of children age 0-6 was 2202 which was 18.52% of total population. The average

sex ratio A sex ratio is the ratio of males to females in a population. As explained by Fisher's principle, for evolutionary reasons this is typically about 1:1 in species which reproduce sexually. However, many species deviate from an even sex ratio, ei ...

of Sisai village was 1,111 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child sex ratio for the Sisai in the census was 954, higher than the Bihar average of 935. Sisai village has higher

literacy rate Literacy is the ability to read and write, while illiteracy refers to an inability to read and write. Some researchers suggest that the study of "literacy" as a concept can be divided into two periods: the period before 1950, when literacy was ...

compared to other villages and the average rate of Bihar. In 2011, the literacy rate of Sisai village was 66.08% compared to 61.80% of Bihar. In Sisai, male literacy stands at 78.54% while female literacy rate is 55.25%. As per the constitution of India and

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, Sisai village is administrated by

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(Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Caste Factor Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 7.72% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.01% of total population in Sisai village. Sisai Data Particulars Total Male Female Total No. of Houses 1,877 - - Population 11,892 6,259 5,633 Child (0-6) 2,202 1,127 1,075 Schedule Caste 918 444 474 Schedule Tribe 1 0 1 Literacy 66.08% 78.54% 55.25% Total Workers 3,602 2,306 1,296 Main Worker 1,616 0 0 Marginal Worker 1,986 1,011 975

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Villages in Saran district {{Bihar-geo-stub