# Kathora Village, Palasi, Araria (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Palasi, Araria 

# Kathora

Kathora is a village in Palasi sub-district of Araria district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,081 people in 219 households**, the 67th largest of 104 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 52.8%.

- 1,081people (2011)
- 219households
- 52.0%literacy
- 958females per 1,000 males

## Kathora PIN code and other codes

Kathora falls in Palasi sub-district, Araria district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatNakta Khurd
- Community development blockPalasi
- Census village code222045

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

## How far is Kathora from nearby towns?

- Palasi (sub-district HQ)15 km by road
- Araria (district HQ)35 km by road
- Araria (nearest town)35 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 Kathora?

4 services counted by the Census are inside Kathora; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Araria
- ○Degree college10+ km · Araria
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Pharbisganj
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ 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 Kathora known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 82% of the 191 hectares of village land is sown, and 29 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 Kathora

Of every 100 households in Kathora in 2011, 2 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 78 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kathora · ■ Palasi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**0%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**95%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**36%

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

**0%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****22%**

**18%

Television ****6%**

**4%

Mobile phone ****78%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****15%**

**25%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Kathora?

■ Kathora · ■ Palasi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****52.0%**

**52.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****958**

**928

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****833**

**972

Working population ****32.6%**

**34.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 58.9% for men and 44.9% for women. 45% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 50 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 71 (20%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 4 (1%) · **■** Marginal 226 (64%)

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 Palasi

- Budhi1,245 people
- Nakta1,191 people
- Belbari1,168 people
- Harwa1,166 people
- kalahi1,031 people
- Dakaita1,017 people
- Ramnagar1,014 people
- Miapur Gachh1,003 people

[All 107 villages in Palasi](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/araria/palasi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Kathora from Araria?35 km by road
- What is the population of Kathora?1,081 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kathora in?Araria district (Palasi sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Kathora?52.0% (Census 2011)