Village · Katoria, Banka
# Tola Bara Kola

Tola Bara Kola is a village in Katoria sub-district of Banka district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted 411 people in 88 households, the 127th largest of 315 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 25.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 46.2%.
- 411 people (2011)
- 88 households
- 25.8% literacy
- 903 females per 1,000 males

## Tola Bara Kola PIN code and other codes

Tola Bara Kola falls in Katoria sub-district, Banka district, Bihar.
- Gram panchayat Dewasi
- Community development block Katoria
- Census village code 242030

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## How far is Tola Bara Kola from nearby towns?
- Katoria (sub-district HQ) 32 km by road
- Banka (district HQ) 50 km by road
- Deoghar (nearest town) 22 km by road

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## What facilities are there in Tola Bara Kola?

3 services counted by the Census are inside Tola Bara Kola; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Primary school In village · 1 govt
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school 10+ km · Saktinagar
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Banka
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Bhagalpur
- ○ Primary health centre 5–10 km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km
- ○ Dispensary 5–10 km
- ○ Post office 10+ km
- ○ Public bus service 5–10 km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ ATM 10+ km
- ○ Commercial bank 10+ km
- ○ Ration (PDS) shop under 5 km
- ○ Mandi / regular market under 5 km
- ○ Public library 10+ km

### Water and power
- Drinking water hand pumps
- Electricity (2011) 2 h summer · 1 h winter

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Tola Bara Kola known for?

The main crops are paddy. About 82% of the 73 hectares of village land is sown, and 50 hectares are irrigated.

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## Homes and amenities in Tola Bara Kola

Of every 100 households in Tola Bara Kola in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 8 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Tola Bara Kola · ■ Katoria rural average
- Electricity for lighting 0% 10%
- Toilet within the home 0% 6%
- No toilet (open defecation) 100% 93%
- Tap water 1% 4%
- Drinking water within premises 0% 10%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 3%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 99% 96%
- Use banking services 48% 31%
- Television 1% 6%
- Mobile phone 8% 43%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 1% 6%
- Car / jeep / van 2% 1%
- None of these assets 70% 26%
- Own their home 94% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Tola Bara Kola?

■ Tola Bara Kola · ■ Katoria rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 25.8% 46.2%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 903 902
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 977 948
- Working population 83.0% 42.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 32.9% for men and 17.6% for women. 83% of men and 83% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 330 (97%) · ■ Farm labourers 1 (0%) · ■ Marginal 10 (3%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Katoria
- Tola Bahera Bank 420 people
- Tola Jamkhunt 420 people
- Tola Kusumdih 419 people
- Tola kuhaka 413 people
- Tola Hethmaria 402 people
- Tola Kadragora 402 people
- Tola Sauri 402 people
- Tola Gidhmarwa 396 people

All 379 villages in Katoria

## Quick answers
- How far is Tola Bara Kola from Banka? 50 km by road
- What is the population of Tola Bara Kola? 411 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tola Bara Kola in? Banka district (Katoria sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Tola Bara Kola? 25.8% (Census 2011)

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