# Kewatia Village, Nawanagar, Buxar (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Nawanagar, Buxar 

# Kewatia

Kewatia is a village in Nawanagar sub-district of Buxar district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **517 people in 82 households**, the 70th largest of 95 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.6%.

- 517people (2011)
- 82households
- 70.4%literacy
- 880females per 1,000 males

## Kewatia PIN code and other codes

Kewatia falls in Nawanagar sub-district, Buxar district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatBabuganj English
- Community development blockNawanagar
- Census village code248866

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

## How far is Kewatia from nearby towns?

- Nawanagar (sub-district HQ)8 km by road
- Buxar (district HQ)33 km by road
- Domraon (nearest town)25 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 Kewatia?

4 services counted by the Census are inside Kewatia; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Sikraur
- ○Degree college10+ km · Sonbarisa
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Buxar
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)2 h summer · 5 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 Kewatia known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 98% of the 117 hectares of village land is sown, and 115 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 Kewatia

Of every 100 households in Kewatia in 2011, 10 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 67 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kewatia · ■ Nawanagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****10%**

**9%

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

**16%

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

**83%

Tap water ****1%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****86%**

**75%

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

**3%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****40%**

**52%

Television ****2%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****67%**

**60%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**8%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****24%**

**23%

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 Kewatia?

■ Kewatia · ■ Nawanagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.4%**

**66.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****880**

**951

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****918**

**941

Working population ****24.6%**

**29.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.0% for men and 53.8% for women. 44% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 41 (32%) · **■** Farm labourers 73 (57%) · **■** Marginal 13 (10%)

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 Nawanagar

- Dihupur642 people
- Dubauli541 people
- Parmesarpur531 people
- Dhanej524 people
- Bikrampur514 people
- Newazipur508 people
- Sewai486 people
- Gunja Dihri470 people

[All 107 villages in Nawanagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/buxar/nawanagar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Kewatia from Buxar?33 km by road
- What is the population of Kewatia?517 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kewatia in?Buxar district (Nawanagar sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Kewatia?70.4% (Census 2011)