# Kharwa Village, Barahat, Banka (Bihar) – PIN Code & Facilities

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Village · Barahat, Banka 

# Kharwa

Kharwa is a village in Barahat sub-district of Banka district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **518 people in 109 households**, the 51st largest of 65 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 60.0%.

- 518people (2011)
- 109households
- 69.7%literacy
- 947females per 1,000 males

## Kharwa PIN code and other codes

Kharwa falls in Barahat sub-district, Banka district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatGordhawar
- Community development blockBarahat
- Census village code241190

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

## How far is Kharwa from nearby towns?

- Barahat (sub-district HQ)6 km by road
- Banka (district HQ)16 km by road
- Banka (nearest town)16 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 Kharwa?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Kharwa; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Phullidumar
- ○Degree college10+ km · Banka
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bhagalpur
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 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 Kharwa known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 88% of the 113 hectares of village land is sown, and 80 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 Kharwa

Of every 100 households in Kharwa in 2011, 52 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kharwa · ■ Barahat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****52%**

**19%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**85%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****48%**

**37%

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

**5%

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

**87%

Use banking services ****40%**

**41%

Television ****7%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****49%**

**36%

Own their home ****98%**

**97%

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 Kharwa?

■ Kharwa · ■ Barahat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.7%**

**60.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****947**

**916

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****716**

**935

Working population ****36.1%**

**33.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.9% for men and 66.7% for women. 40% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 7 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 16 (9%) · **■** Marginal 162 (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 Barahat

- Paso688 people
- Chake670 people
- Nemua638 people
- Turdih561 people
- Dauki504 people
- Hijaria503 people
- Haibatpur488 people
- Masudanpur473 people

[All 73 villages in Barahat](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/banka/barahat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Kharwa from Banka?16 km by road
- What is the population of Kharwa?518 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kharwa in?Banka district (Barahat sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Kharwa?69.7% (Census 2011)