# Bamhangawan Village, Azamnagar, Katihar (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Azamnagar, Katihar 

# Bamhangawan

Bamhangawan is a village in Azamnagar sub-district of Katihar district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **544 people in 119 households**, the 151st largest of 214 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 40.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 47.6%.

- 544people (2011)
- 119households
- 40.4%literacy
- 909females per 1,000 males

## Bamhangawan PIN code and other codes

Bamhangawan falls in Azamnagar sub-district, Katihar district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatJokar
- Community development blockAzamnagar
- Census village code225262

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

## How far is Bamhangawan from nearby towns?

- Azamnagar (sub-district HQ)8 km by road
- Katihar (district HQ)35 km by road
- Katihar (nearest town)35 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 Bamhangawan?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Salmari
- ○Degree college10+ km · Salmara
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Katihar
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes

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 Bamhangawan known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 62% of the 55 hectares of village land is sown, and 24 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 Bamhangawan

Of every 100 households in Bamhangawan in 2011, 0 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bamhangawan · ■ Azamnagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**1%

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

**14%

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

**85%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**46%

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

**1%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****2%**

**22%

Television ****2%**

**3%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****63%**

**33%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Bamhangawan?

■ Bamhangawan · ■ Azamnagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****40.4%**

**47.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****909**

**920

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****936**

**964

Working population ****44.7%**

**32.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 42.0% for men and 38.6% for women. 56% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 34 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 95 (39%) · **■** Other work 2 (1%) · **■** Marginal 112 (46%)

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 Azamnagar

- Murtazapur557 people
- Bathna555 people
- Koia547 people
- Pipla547 people
- Chakdha539 people
- Tildangi536 people
- Gahilbari528 people
- Paharpur524 people

[All 234 villages in Azamnagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/katihar/azamnagar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Bamhangawan from Katihar?35 km by road
- What is the population of Bamhangawan?544 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bamhangawan in?Katihar district (Azamnagar sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Bamhangawan?40.4% (Census 2011)