# Kharwa Village, Goradih, Bhagalpur (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Goradih, Bhagalpur 

# Kharwa

Kharwa is a village in Goradih sub-district of Bhagalpur district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,200 people in 229 households**, the 37th largest of 84 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 56.4%.

- 1,200people (2011)
- 229households
- 65.7%literacy
- 917females per 1,000 males

## Kharwa PIN code and other codes

Kharwa falls in Goradih sub-district, Bhagalpur district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatAgarpur
- Community development blockGoradih
- Census village code239979

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?

- Goradih (sub-district HQ)8 km by road
- Bhagalpur (district HQ)40 km by road
- Bhagalpur (nearest town)40 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?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Bhagalpur
- ○Degree college10+ km · Bhagalpur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bhagalpur
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand 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 Kharwa known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 48% of the 153 hectares of village land is sown, and 73 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, 0 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kharwa · ■ Goradih rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**14%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**85%

Tap water ****1%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**22%

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

**1%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****35%**

**37%

Television ****4%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**41%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****17%**

**37%

Own their home ****91%**

**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 Kharwa?

■ Kharwa · ■ Goradih rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.7%**

**56.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****917**

**882

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****880**

**945

Working population ****49.3%**

**34.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.6% for men and 55.0% for women. 50% of men and 49% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Farm labourers 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 6 (1%) · **■** Marginal 582 (98%)

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 Goradih

- Jamsi1,451 people
- Sarupchak1,382 people
- Sarmaspur1,345 people
- Siargarh1,269 people
- Muktapur1,192 people
- Chammachak1,133 people
- Karharia1,123 people
- Sarath1,097 people

[All 120 villages in Goradih](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/bhagalpur/goradih/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Kharwa from Bhagalpur?40 km by road
- What is the population of Kharwa?1,200 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kharwa in?Bhagalpur district (Goradih sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Kharwa?65.7% (Census 2011)