# Jhikatia Village, Karpi, Arwal (Bihar) – PIN Code & Facilities

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Village · Karpi, Arwal 

# Jhikatia

Jhikatia is a village in Karpi sub-district of Arwal district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,851 people in 385 households**, the 32nd largest of 82 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 44.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.5%.

- 1,851people (2011)
- 385households
- 44.5%literacy
- 942females per 1,000 males

## Jhikatia PIN code and other codes

Jhikatia falls in Karpi sub-district, Arwal district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatMurari
- Community development blockKarpi
- Census village code260799

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

## How far is Jhikatia from nearby towns?

- Karpi (sub-district HQ)10 km by road
- Arwal (district HQ)21 km by road
- Arwal (nearest town)21 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 Jhikatia?

12 services counted by the Census are inside Jhikatia; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 2 doctors
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Nadi
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Kurtha
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Karpi
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes

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 Jhikatia known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 56% of the 175 hectares of village land is sown, and 79 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 Jhikatia

Of every 100 households in Jhikatia in 2011, 0 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jhikatia · ■ Karpi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**2%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****52%**

**71%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**97%

Use banking services ****11%**

**50%

Television ****5%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**52%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****31%**

**28%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Jhikatia?

■ Jhikatia · ■ Karpi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****44.5%**

**65.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****942**

**924

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1049**

**930

Working population ****51.6%**

**34.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 55.7% for men and 32.3% for women. 54% of men and 49% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 5 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 76 (8%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 40 (4%) · **■** Marginal 833 (87%)

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 Karpi

- Rasulpur Tetara2,105 people
- Samanpur Baddo2,015 people
- Salarpur1,951 people
- Nadi Khurd1,919 people
- Bazidpur1,829 people
- Kasauti1,732 people
- Salempur1,643 people
- Jhunathi1,626 people

[All 84 villages in Karpi](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/arwal/karpi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Jhikatia from Arwal?21 km by road
- What is the population of Jhikatia?1,851 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jhikatia in?Arwal district (Karpi sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Jhikatia?44.5% (Census 2011)