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

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Village · Azamnagar, Katihar 

# Karar Pokhar

Karar Pokhar is a village in Azamnagar sub-district of Katihar district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **352 people in 86 households**, the 174th largest of 214 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 47.6%.

- 352people (2011)
- 86households
- 60.3%literacy
- 872females per 1,000 males

## Karar Pokhar PIN code and other codes

Karar Pokhar falls in Azamnagar sub-district, Katihar district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatNimol
- Community development blockAzamnagar
- Census village code225299

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

## How far is Karar Pokhar from nearby towns?

- Azamnagar (sub-district HQ)8 km by road
- Katihar (district HQ)47 km by road
- Katihar (nearest town)47 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 Karar Pokhar?

6 services counted by the Census are inside Karar Pokhar; 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
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Nimaul
- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Azamnagar
- ○Degree college10+ km · Salmara
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Jahangirpur
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ 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 Karar Pokhar known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 78% of the 21 hectares of village land is sown, and 11 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 Karar Pokhar

Of every 100 households in Karar Pokhar in 2011, 0 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 57 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Karar Pokhar · ■ Azamnagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**1%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**85%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**46%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**98%

Use banking services ****36%**

**22%

Television ****5%**

**3%

Mobile phone ****57%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****27%**

**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 Karar Pokhar?

■ Karar Pokhar · ■ Azamnagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.3%**

**47.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****872**

**920

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****528**

**964

Working population ****33.0%**

**32.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.3% for men and 45.5% for women. 54% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 31 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 39 (34%) · **■** Other work 30 (26%) · **■** Marginal 16 (14%)

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

- Hura Hajra366 people
- Maheshpur363 people
- Radhanagar363 people
- Chaugharia356 people
- Pokharia350 people
- Rasidpur338 people
- Mohabbatpur323 people
- Gorakhpur318 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Karar Pokhar from Katihar?47 km by road
- What is the population of Karar Pokhar?352 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Karar Pokhar in?Katihar district (Azamnagar sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Karar Pokhar?60.3% (Census 2011)