Sirhulli or Sirhauli is a village in the state of

Bihar Bihar (; ) is a state in eastern India. It is the 2nd largest state by population in 2019, 12th largest by area of , and 14th largest by GDP in 2021. Bihar borders Uttar Pradesh to its west, Nepal to the north, the northern part of West ...

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. It is in the district of and 17km away from Darbhanga. 800 families live there.

Description

Sihulli is one of 100 villages in the Singhwara Block of Darbhanga. The village has two ration shops as part of India's

Public Distribution System The Public Distribution System (PDS) is an Indian food security system that was established by the Government of India under the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution to distribute food and non-food items to India's poor a ...

, a primary school, and a branch of a bank at Tektar. One source says that 7,000 people in ~800 families live there. Their houses are built on a flood plain and about half of them have toilets. The nearest high school is 2.5km away at Pindaruch. The village is short of drinking water, health services and local industry. Many of the inhabitants are weavers but this industry is in decline. The village came to notice in 2020 when

Jyoti Kumari Jyoti Kumari (born ) is an Indian student from Sirhulli in the rural Darbhanga district of Bihar. She came to notice after she bicycled some with her injured father to reach their home village during COVID-19 lockdowns in India. She was given ...

cycled 750 miles home to Sirhulli on a small bike carrying her injured father during the COVID-19 lockdowns in India. Her return was reported internationally and several politicians visited her home to give presents. The village has access to secondary school, however the entrance exams require a private tutor to prepare for the test and this is a significant expense for some families.

Notable residents

(c.2005 - ) heroic cyclist

References

{{reflist Villages in Darbhanga district