Village · Amdabad, Katihar
# Gadai Maharajpur

Gadai Maharajpur is a village in Amdabad sub-district of Katihar district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted 1,100 people in 239 households, the 36th largest of 42 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 11.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 45.3%.
- 1,100 people (2011)
- 239 households
- 11.3% literacy
- 880 females per 1,000 males

## Gadai Maharajpur PIN code and other codes

Gadai Maharajpur falls in Amdabad sub-district, Katihar district, Bihar.
- Gram panchayat Chaukia Paharpur
- Community development block Amdabad
- Census village code 225797

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

## How far is Gadai Maharajpur from nearby towns?
- Amdabad (sub-district HQ) 14 km by road
- Katihar (district HQ) 36 km by road
- Katihar (nearest town) 36 km by road

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

## What facilities are there in Gadai Maharajpur?

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

### In the village
- ● Primary school In village · 1 govt
- ● Middle school In village · 1 govt
- ● Ration (PDS) shop In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village
- ● Polling station In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school 5–10 km · Karimullahpur
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Katihar
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Singhia
- ○ Primary health centre 10+ km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km
- ○ Dispensary 10+ km
- ○ Post office 10+ km
- ○ Public bus service 10+ km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ ATM 10+ km
- ○ Commercial bank 10+ km
- ○ Mandi / regular market 10+ km
- ○ Public library 10+ km

### Water and power
- Drinking water hand pumps 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 Gadai Maharajpur

Of every 100 households in Gadai Maharajpur in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 0 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gadai Maharajpur · ■ Amdabad rural average
- Electricity for lighting 0% 1%
- Toilet within the home 0% 12%
- No toilet (open defecation) 100% 88%
- Tap water 0% 3%
- Drinking water within premises 29% 51%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 1%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 99% 97%
- Use banking services 0% 31%
- Television 0% 3%
- Mobile phone 0% 36%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 0% 4%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 0%
- None of these assets 97% 34%
- Own their home 100% 99%

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

## What is the population of Gadai Maharajpur?

■ Gadai Maharajpur · ■ Amdabad rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 11.3% 45.3%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 880 928
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1132 941
- Working population 39.3% 31.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 15.4% for men and 6.3% for women. 42% of men and 36% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 9 (2%) · ■ Farm labourers 118 (27%) · ■ Other work 5 (1%) · ■ Marginal 300 (69%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Amdabad
- Chilhania 1,500 people
- Raghunathpur 1,424 people
- Paranpur 1,407 people
- Singhia 1,282 people
- Naya Tola 994 people
- Nandgaon Kala Diara 983 people
- Bhawanipur 864 people
- Dakra 738 people

All 51 villages in Amdabad

## Quick answers
- How far is Gadai Maharajpur from Katihar? 36 km by road
- What is the population of Gadai Maharajpur? 1,100 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gadai Maharajpur in? Katihar district (Amdabad sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Gadai Maharajpur? 11.3% (Census 2011)

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