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

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Village · Azamnagar, Katihar 

# Jhaua

Jhaua is a village in Azamnagar sub-district of Katihar district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,807 people in 353 households**, the 64th largest of 214 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 29.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 47.6%.

- 1,807people (2011)
- 353households
- 29.6%literacy
- 908females per 1,000 males

## Jhaua PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatGaighatta
- Community development blockAzamnagar
- Census village code225201

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

## How far is Jhaua from nearby towns?

- Azamnagar (sub-district HQ)15 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](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Jhaua?

11 services counted by the Census are inside Jhaua; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Railway stationIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Salmara
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Salmari
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Katihar
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○ATM10+ 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 canal / river

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 Jhaua known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 40% of the 520 hectares of village land is sown, and 93 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 Jhaua

Of every 100 households in Jhaua in 2011, 0 had electricity, 33 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jhaua · ■ Azamnagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**1%

Toilet within the home ****33%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****67%**

**85%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****90%**

**46%

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

**1%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****24%**

**22%

Television ****2%**

**3%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****37%**

**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 Jhaua?

■ Jhaua · ■ Azamnagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****29.6%**

**47.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****908**

**920

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****874**

**964

Working population ****29.2%**

**32.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 37.7% for men and 20.7% for women. 49% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 225 (43%) · **■** Farm labourers 196 (37%) · **■** Other work 7 (1%) · **■** Marginal 99 (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 Azamnagar

- Baripokhar1,946 people
- Kamalpur1,911 people
- Halimpur Belrahi1,883 people
- Tilas1,826 people
- Bagchhalla1,802 people
- Khangawan1,799 people
- Salmara1,793 people
- Hat Baraul1,760 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Jhaua from Katihar?36 km by road
- What is the population of Jhaua?1,807 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jhaua in?Katihar district (Azamnagar sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Jhaua?29.6% (Census 2011)