# Kashia Village, Dumraon, Buxar (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Dumraon, Buxar 

# Kashia

Kashia is a village in Dumraon sub-district of Buxar district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **3,274 people in 502 households**, the 16th largest of 73 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 67.7%.

- 3,274people (2011)
- 502households
- 70.6%literacy
- 936females per 1,000 males

## Kashia PIN code and other codes

Kashia falls in Dumraon sub-district, Buxar district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatKashia
- Community development blockDumraon
- Census village code248171

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

## How far is Kashia from nearby towns?

- Dumraon (sub-district HQ)5 km by road
- Buxar (district HQ)30 km by road
- Dumraon (nearest town)5 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 Kashia?

17 services counted by the Census are inside Kashia; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●TB clinicIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Mugaon
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Panrepatti
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Buxar
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)4 h summer · 6 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 Kashia known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 80% of the 349 hectares of village land is sown, and 200 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 Kashia

Of every 100 households in Kashia in 2011, 22 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 61 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Kashia · ■ Dumraon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****22%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**77%

Tap water ****32%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****71%**

**68%

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

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**91%

Use banking services ****61%**

**57%

Television ****16%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****61%**

**62%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

None of these assets ****22%**

**21%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Kashia?

■ Kashia · ■ Dumraon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.6%**

**67.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****936**

**928

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****920**

**949

Working population ****48.6%**

**33.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.3% for men and 57.0% for women. 54% of men and 42% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 323 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 419 (26%) · **■** Household industry 14 (1%) · **■** Other work 44 (3%) · **■** Marginal 790 (50%)

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 Dumraon

- Athaon4,197 people
- Rehiya4,129 people
- Kopwa3,771 people
- Turiganj3,529 people
- Lakhan Dehra3,149 people
- Nenuan3,099 people
- Ekauni2,640 people
- Partap Sagar2,243 people

[All 93 villages in Dumraon](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/buxar/dumraon/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Kashia from Buxar?30 km by road
- What is the population of Kashia?3,274 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kashia in?Buxar district (Dumraon sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Kashia?70.6% (Census 2011)