# Kochgaon Village, Narpatganj, Araria (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Narpatganj, Araria 

# Kochgaon

Kochgaon is a village in Narpatganj sub-district of Araria district, Bihar, PIN code **854335**. The 2011 Census counted **1,477 people in 320 households**, the 53rd largest of 64 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 53.7%.

- 1,477people (2011)
- 320households
- 56.7%literacy
- 854335PIN code

## Kochgaon PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kochgaon is 854335.** Kochgaon falls in Narpatganj sub-district, Araria district, Bihar.

- PIN code854335
- Gram panchayatGokhulapur
- Community development blockNarpatganj
- Census village code221532

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Kochgaon from nearby towns?

- Narpatganj (sub-district HQ)18 km by road
- Araria (district HQ)65 km by road
- Forbesganj (nearest town)46 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Kochgaon?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Kochgaon; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Madhura
- ○Degree college10+ km · Farbishganj
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Farbishganj
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Kochgaon known for?

The main crops are **paddy, oil and pulse**. Products made here include rice mills. About 83% of the 200 hectares of village land is sown, and 151 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Kochgaon

Of every 100 households in Kochgaon in 2011, 0 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 49 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kochgaon · ■ Narpatganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**8%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****20%**

**69%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**98%

Use banking services ****7%**

**26%

Television ****3%**

**5%

Mobile phone ****49%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****37%**

**33%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Kochgaon?

■ Kochgaon · ■ Narpatganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.7%**

**53.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****882**

**918

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****827**

**951

Working population ****47.3%**

**40.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.4% for men and 43.7% for women. 49% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 126 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 523 (75%) · **■** Other work 7 (1%) · **■** Marginal 43 (6%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Narpatganj

- Dombana1,779 people
- Lachhmipur1,731 people
- Sahabganj1,705 people
- Amrori1,653 people
- Bhairoganj1,138 people
- Kamat Pathraha958 people
- Ajitnagar957 people
- Kuchgaon955 people

[All 65 villages in Narpatganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/araria/narpatganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kochgaon?854335
- How far is Kochgaon from Araria?65 km by road
- What is the population of Kochgaon?1,477 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kochgaon in?Araria district (Narpatganj sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Kochgaon?56.7% (Census 2011)