# Guruan Village, Barsoi, Katihar (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Barsoi, Katihar 

# Guruan

Guruan is a village in Barsoi sub-district of Katihar district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,148 people in 214 households**, the 110th largest of 218 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 36.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 43.7%.

- 1,148people (2011)
- 214households
- 36.8%literacy
- 873females per 1,000 males

## Guruan PIN code and other codes

Guruan falls in Barsoi sub-district, Katihar district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatBasalgaon
- Community development blockBarsoi
- Census village code225098

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

## How far is Guruan from nearby towns?

- Barsoi (sub-district HQ)16 km by road
- Katihar (district HQ)75 km by road
- Raiganj (nearest town)11 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 Guruan?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Barsoi
- ○Degree college10+ km · Barsoi
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Katihar
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ 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 Guruan known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 88% of the 77 hectares of village land is sown, and 48 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 Guruan

Of every 100 households in Guruan in 2011, 2 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 7 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Guruan · ■ Barsoi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**1%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**13%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**86%

Tap water ****6%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**41%

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

**1%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****5%**

**15%

Television ****0%**

**3%

Mobile phone ****7%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****4%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****55%**

**40%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Guruan?

■ Guruan · ■ Barsoi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****36.8%**

**43.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****873**

**920

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****954**

**960

Working population ****30.1%**

**32.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 40.2% for men and 32.7% for women. 42% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 81 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 114 (33%) · **■** Other work 7 (2%) · **■** Marginal 143 (41%)

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 Barsoi

- Ghoradiha1,200 people
- Haripur1,181 people
- Bhawanipur1,179 people
- Nisarpatti1,164 people
- Satarghat1,077 people
- Pamra1,072 people
- Kota1,043 people
- Sankola1,034 people

[All 231 villages in Barsoi](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/katihar/barsoi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Guruan from Katihar?75 km by road
- What is the population of Guruan?1,148 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Guruan in?Katihar district (Barsoi sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Guruan?36.8% (Census 2011)