# Kargawan Village, Baheri, Darbhanga (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Baheri, Darbhanga 

# Kargawan

Kargawan is a village in Baheri sub-district of Darbhanga district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,248 people in 282 households**, the 50th largest of 72 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 56.7%.

- 1,248people (2011)
- 282households
- 75.7%literacy
- 843females per 1,000 males

## Kargawan PIN code and other codes

Kargawan falls in Baheri sub-district, Darbhanga district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatNimaithi
- Community development blockBaheri
- Census village code227620

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

## How far is Kargawan from nearby towns?

- Baheri (sub-district HQ)12 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](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Kargawan?

6 services counted by the Census are inside Kargawan; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Nimoudhi
- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Nimoudhi
- ○Degree college10+ km · Nimoudhi
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Kameswar
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)6 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 Kargawan known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 74% of the 61 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 Kargawan

Of every 100 households in Kargawan in 2011, 4 had electricity, 21 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 69 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Kargawan · ■ Baheri rural average

Electricity for lighting ****4%**

**3%

Toilet within the home ****21%**

**13%

No toilet (open defecation) ****79%**

**86%

Tap water ****1%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****60%**

**35%

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

**2%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****52%**

**36%

Television ****10%**

**4%

Mobile phone ****69%**

**54%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**29%

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 Kargawan?

■ Kargawan · ■ Baheri rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.7%**

**56.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****843**

**899

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****860**

**915

Working population ****31.0%**

**34.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.7% for men and 58.9% for women. 48% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 106 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (1%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 69 (18%) · **■** Marginal 205 (53%)

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 Baheri

- Sonwan1,603 people
- Khagrahata1,546 people
- Partapatti1,536 people
- Chak Raipur1,483 people
- Chilha Asli1,227 people
- Dadarwara1,139 people
- Benta1,117 people
- Jadupatti1,112 people

[All 80 villages in Baheri](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/darbhanga/baheri/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Kargawan from Darbhanga?14 km by road
- What is the population of Kargawan?1,248 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kargawan in?Darbhanga district (Baheri sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Kargawan?75.7% (Census 2011)