Village · Bahadurpur, Darbhanga
# Kansi

Kansi is a village in Bahadurpur sub-district of Darbhanga district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted 3,400 people in 701 households, the 22nd largest of 126 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 33.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 57.6%.
- 3,400 people (2011)
- 701 households
- 33.3% literacy
- 921 females per 1,000 males

## Kansi PIN code and other codes

Kansi falls in Bahadurpur sub-district, Darbhanga district, Bihar.
- Gram panchayat Maniari, Semra Nehalpur
- Community development block Bahadurpur
- Census village code 227293

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

## How far is Kansi from nearby towns?
- Bahadurpur (sub-district HQ) 4 km by road
- Darbhanga (district HQ) 14 km by road
- Darbhanga (nearest town) 14 km by road

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

## What facilities are there in Kansi?

13 services counted by the Census are inside Kansi; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Pre-primary school In village · 1 private
- ● Primary school In village · 1 govt
- ● Middle school In village · 1 govt
- ● Secondary school In village · 1 govt
- ● Senior secondary school In village · 1 govt
- ● Post office In village
- ● Sub post office In village
- ● Mobile phone coverage In village
- ● Pucca (black-topped) road In village
- ● All-weather road In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village
- ● Polling station In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Darbhanga
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Darbhanga
- ○ Primary health centre 5–10 km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km
- ○ Dispensary 10+ km
- ○ Public bus service 5–10 km
- ○ Railway station 5–10 km
- ○ ATM under 5 km
- ○ Commercial bank 5–10 km
- ○ Ration (PDS) shop 10+ km
- ○ Mandi / regular market 5–10 km
- ○ Public library 5–10 km

### Water and power
- Drinking water hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river

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

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## Homes and amenities in Kansi

Of every 100 households in Kansi in 2011, 13 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kansi · ■ Bahadurpur rural average
- Electricity for lighting 13% 22%
- Toilet within the home 20% 25%
- No toilet (open defecation) 78% 74%
- Tap water 1% 1%
- Drinking water within premises 33% 39%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 2% 9%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 97% 88%
- Use banking services 18% 44%
- Television 7% 13%
- Mobile phone 22% 51%
- Computer with internet 0% 1%
- Two-wheeler 2% 8%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 65% 26%
- Own their home 99% 98%

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

## What is the population of Kansi?

■ Kansi · ■ Bahadurpur rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 33.3% 57.6%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 921 891
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1038 907
- Working population 27.2% 29.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 38.9% for men and 27.1% for women. 47% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 153 (17%) · ■ Farm labourers 302 (33%) · ■ Household industry 12 (1%) · ■ Other work 33 (4%) · ■ Marginal 424 (46%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Bahadurpur
- Biuni 3,652 people
- Purkhopatti 3,590 people
- Chhaprar 3,561 people
- Padri 3,491 people
- Ahila 3,356 people
- Jogiara 3,281 people
- Gorhia 3,217 people
- Jalwara 2,981 people

All 171 villages in Bahadurpur

## Quick answers
- How far is Kansi from Darbhanga? 14 km by road
- What is the population of Kansi? 3,400 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kansi in? Darbhanga district (Bahadurpur sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Kansi? 33.3% (Census 2011)

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