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

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Village · Azamnagar, Katihar 

# Jajla

Jajla is a village in Azamnagar sub-district of Katihar district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,083 people in 220 households**, the 104th largest of 214 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 35.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 47.6%.

- 1,083people (2011)
- 220households
- 35.8%literacy
- 927females per 1,000 males

## Jajla PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatAmarsinghpur
- Community development blockAzamnagar
- Census village code225291

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

## How far is Jajla from nearby towns?

- Azamnagar (sub-district HQ)10 km by road
- Katihar (district HQ)56 km by road
- Katihar (nearest town)56 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 Jajla?

4 services counted by the Census are inside Jajla; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Radhopur
- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Azamnagar
- ○Degree college10+ km · Salmari
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Katihar
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ 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 Jajla known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 72% of the 83 hectares of village land is sown, and 37 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 Jajla

Of every 100 households in Jajla in 2011, 0 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Jajla · ■ Azamnagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**1%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**85%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****36%**

**46%

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

**1%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****13%**

**22%

Television ****3%**

**3%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**0%

None of these assets ****34%**

**33%

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 Jajla?

■ Jajla · ■ Azamnagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****35.8%**

**47.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****927**

**920

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****992**

**964

Working population ****28.6%**

**32.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 43.9% for men and 27.0% for women. 52% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 29 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 183 (59%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 13 (4%) · **■** Marginal 84 (27%)

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

- Jarhanda1,148 people
- Panchkohania1,145 people
- Nalkopa1,104 people
- Sihpur1,095 people
- Parla1,043 people
- Hansopara1,031 people
- Nagar1,024 people
- Tahirpur998 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Jajla from Katihar?56 km by road
- What is the population of Jajla?1,083 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jajla in?Katihar district (Azamnagar sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Jajla?35.8% (Census 2011)