# 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 **441 people in 93 households**, the 68th largest of 84 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 45.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 56.4%.

- 441people (2011)
- 93households
- 45.4%literacy
- 909females per 1,000 males

## Kharwa PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatMurhan Zamin
- Community development blockGoradih
- Census village code239998

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)10 km by road
- Bhagalpur (district HQ)20 km by road
- Bhagalpur (nearest town)20 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?

5 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 · 1 private
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn 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 office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 10 h winter

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 100% of the 25 hectares of village land is sown, and 25 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, 25 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kharwa · ■ Goradih rural average

Electricity for lighting ****25%**

**14%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**85%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**22%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**94%

Use banking services ****70%**

**37%

Television ****3%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**41%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****38%**

**37%

Own their home ****100%**

**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+) ****45.4%**

**56.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****909**

**882

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1068**

**945

Working population ****46.5%**

**34.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 58.8% for men and 30.1% for women. 44% of men and 50% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 98 (48%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 3 (1%) · **■** Marginal 101 (49%)

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

- Milki487 people
- Chaumukh477 people
- Jagdishpur453 people
- Babhangawan444 people
- Jagarnathpur437 people
- Baseta426 people
- Rampur388 people
- Dhamna Milik350 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Kharwa from Bhagalpur?20 km by road
- What is the population of Kharwa?441 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kharwa in?Bhagalpur district (Goradih sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Kharwa?45.4% (Census 2011)