# Siswan

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{{Short description|Community development block in Siwan district, Bihar, India}}
{{use dmy dates|date=May 2019}}
{{use Indian English|date=May 2019}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Siswan
| other_name              = 
| nickname                = 
| settlement_type         = [CD Block](/source/Community_development_block_in_India)
| seat_type               = Headquarters
| seat                    = Siswan (town)
| image_skyline           = 
| image_alt               = 
| image_caption           = 
| pushpin_map             = Bihar
| pushpin_label_position  = right
| pushpin_map_alt         = 
| pushpin_map_caption     = Location in Bihar, India
| coordinates             = {{coord|25.9407|84.39757|region:IN-{{IndAbbr|[Bihar](/source/Bihar)}}|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type        = Country
| subdivision_name        = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1       = [State](/source/States_and_territories_of_India)
| subdivision_name1       = [Bihar](/source/Bihar)
| subdivision_type2       = [District](/source/List_of_districts_of_India)
| subdivision_name2       = [Siwan](/source/Siwan_district)
| subdivision_type3       = [Subdivision](/source/Subdivisions_of_Bihar)
| subdivision_name3       = [Siwan](/source/Siwan_Subdivision)
| established_title       = <!-- Established -->
| established_date        = 
| founder                 = 
| named_for               = 
| government_type         = [Community development](/source/Community_development_block) 
| governing_body          = Siswan Block
| unit_pref               = Metric
| area_footnotes          = 
| area_rank               = 
| area_total_km2          = 115.78
| elevation_footnotes     = 
| elevation_m             = 
| population_total        = 153953
| population_as_of        = 2011
| population_rank         = 
| population_density_km2  = auto
| population_demonym      = 
| population_footnotes    = 
| demographics_type1      = Languages
| demographics1_title1    = Official
| demographics1_info1     = [Bhojpuri](/source/Bhojpuri_language), [Hindi](/source/Hindi_language), [Urdu](/source/Urdu_language), [English](/source/English_language)
| timezone1               = [IST](/source/Indian_Standard_Time)
| utc_offset1             = +5:30
| postal_code_type        = [PIN](/source/Postal_Index_Number)
| postal_code             = 
| area_code_type          = Telephone code
| area_code               = 
| blank1_name_sec1        = [Sex ratio](/source/Human_sex_ratio)
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}}
'''Siswan''' is a [Community development block](/source/Community_development_block) and a town in district of [Siwan](/source/Siwan_district), in [Bihar](/source/Bihar) state of [India](/source/India). It is one out of 13 blocks of [Siwan Subdivision](/source/Siwan_Subdivision). The headquarter of the block is at Siswan town.

Total area of the block is {{convert|115.78|km2|mi2}} and the total population of the block as of [2011 census of India](/source/2011_census_of_India) is 153,953. <ref>{{cite web |url= http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/1016_PART_B_DCHB_SIWAN.pdf |title= DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK - Census of India |date= |website=www.censusindia.gov.in |publisher= |access-date=3 July 2018}}</ref>

The block is divided into many [Gram Panchayat](/source/Gram_Panchayat)s and villages.

==See also==
*[Administration in Bihar](/source/Administration_in_Bihar)
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Blocks of Siwan district}}

Category:Community development blocks in Siwan district

{{Siwan-geo-stub}}

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