Siwan, Bihar

Siwan
Siwan
City
	Siwan Location in Bihar, India Siwan Siwan (India)
	Coordinates: 26°13′N 84°22′E / 26.22°N 84.36°E
Country	India
State	Bihar
District	Siwan
Subdivision	Siwan Subdivision
Block	Siwan Block
Established	1924
Government
• Type	Council–manager
• Body	Siwan Municipal Council
• Chairperson	Sindhu Singh (BJP)
• Deputy chairman	Bablu Shah
Area
• Total	69.4 km2 (26.8 sq mi)
• Rank	53rd
Elevation	72 m (236 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	135,066
• Rank	18th
• Density	1,900/km2 (5,000/sq mi)
Language
• Official	Hindi
• Additional official	Urdu
• Regional	Bhojpuri
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Pin Code	841226-841227
ISO 3166 code	IN-BR
Vehicle registration	BR-29
Climate	Cwa
Lok Sabha constituency	Siwan
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Siwan
Website	siwan.nic.in

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]

History

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°13′N 84°22′E / 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
Mean daily maximum °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)
Mean daily minimum °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^[update] 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.