# Amwa Village, Katiya, Gopalganj (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Katiya, Gopalganj 

# Amwa

Amwa is a village in Katiya sub-district of Gopalganj district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,421 people in 222 households**, the 27th largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.3%.

- 1,421people (2011)
- 222households
- 59.9%literacy
- 1,118females per 1,000 males

## Amwa PIN code and other codes

Amwa falls in Katiya sub-district, Gopalganj district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatBheria
- Community development blockKatiya
- Census village code229837

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

## How far is Amwa from nearby towns?

- Katiya (sub-district HQ)4 km by road
- Gopalganj (district HQ)60 km by road
- Katiya (nearest town)4 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 Amwa?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Amwa; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Khurahuriya
- ○Degree college10+ km · Bhore
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Hathua
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

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

The main crops are **wheat, maize and potato**. About 91% of the 130 hectares of village land is sown, and 107 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 Amwa

Of every 100 households in Amwa in 2011, 2 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 63 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Amwa · ■ Katiya rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**16%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**82%

Tap water ****3%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****65%**

**59%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**93%

Use banking services ****51%**

**68%

Television ****12%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****63%**

**78%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**15%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****9%**

**7%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Amwa?

■ Amwa · ■ Katiya rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.9%**

**66.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1118**

**1114

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1008**

**979

Working population ****23.7%**

**30.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.0% for men and 49.4% for women. 43% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 127 (38%) · **■** Farm labourers 121 (36%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 21 (6%) · **■** Marginal 65 (19%)

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 Katiya

- Raipura1,545 people
- Pakariar1,537 people
- Malpura1,482 people
- Rajapur1,434 people
- Samogar1,391 people
- Kotwa Khas1,364 people
- Dumrauna1,289 people
- Sahijan Kalan1,230 people

[All 116 villages in Katiya](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/gopalganj/katiya/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Amwa from Gopalganj?60 km by road
- What is the population of Amwa?1,421 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Amwa in?Gopalganj district (Katiya sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Amwa?59.9% (Census 2011)