Village · Katoria, Banka
# Tola Sekhabandh

Tola Sekhabandh is a village in Katoria sub-district of Banka district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted 392 people in 77 households, the 134th largest of 315 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 46.2%.
- 392 people (2011)
- 77 households
- 60.1% literacy
- 782 females per 1,000 males

## Tola Sekhabandh PIN code and other codes

Tola Sekhabandh falls in Katoria sub-district, Banka district, Bihar.
- Gram panchayat Lakarma
- Community development block Katoria
- Census village code 242297

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

## How far is Tola Sekhabandh from nearby towns?
- Katoria (sub-district HQ) 40 km by road
- Banka (district HQ) 58 km by road
- Deoghar (nearest town) 35 km by road

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

## What facilities are there in Tola Sekhabandh?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Tola Sekhabandh; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Primary school In village · 1 govt
- ● Middle school In village · 1 govt
- ● Health sub-centre In village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ● Maternity & child welfare centre In village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ● TB clinic In village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ● Family welfare centre In village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ● Mobile phone coverage In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school 5–10 km · Dewghar
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Banka
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Bhagalpur
- ○ Primary health centre 10+ km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km
- ○ Dispensary 10+ km
- ○ Post office 10+ km
- ○ Public bus service 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, canal / river and tanks / ponds

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

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Tola Sekhabandh known for?

The main crops are paddy, wheat and maize. About 43% of the 94 hectares of village land is sown, and 25 hectares are irrigated.

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

## Homes and amenities in Tola Sekhabandh

Of every 100 households in Tola Sekhabandh in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 8 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Tola Sekhabandh · ■ Katoria rural average
- Electricity for lighting 0% 10%
- Toilet within the home 0% 6%
- No toilet (open defecation) 100% 93%
- Tap water 3% 4%
- Drinking water within premises 1% 10%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 3%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 96%
- Use banking services 93% 31%
- Television 0% 6%
- Mobile phone 8% 43%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 7% 6%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 9% 26%
- Own their home 100% 98%

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

## What is the population of Tola Sekhabandh?

■ Tola Sekhabandh · ■ Katoria rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 60.1% 46.2%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 782 902
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 581 948
- Working population 65.1% 42.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.5% for men and 43.5% for women. 63% of men and 68% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 86 (34%) · ■ Farm labourers 154 (60%) · ■ Household industry 3 (1%) · ■ Other work 6 (2%) · ■ Marginal 6 (2%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Katoria
- Tola Sauri 402 people
- Tola Gidhmarwa 396 people
- Tola Majhidih 396 people
- Tola Salaiya Khurd 392 people
- Tola Siruraidih 386 people
- Tola Dokhri 385 people
- Bhurkundia 383 people
- Tola Mochanwa 380 people

All 379 villages in Katoria

## Quick answers
- How far is Tola Sekhabandh from Banka? 58 km by road
- What is the population of Tola Sekhabandh? 392 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tola Sekhabandh in? Banka district (Katoria sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Tola Sekhabandh? 60.1% (Census 2011)

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