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

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Village · Barsoi, Katihar 

# Jafarpur

Jafarpur is a village in Barsoi sub-district of Katihar district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,809 people in 398 households**, the 63rd largest of 218 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 25.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 43.7%.

- 1,809people (2011)
- 398households
- 25.9%literacy
- 964females per 1,000 males

## Jafarpur PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatEkshalla
- Community development blockBarsoi
- Census village code224987

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

## How far is Jafarpur from nearby towns?

- Barsoi (sub-district HQ)5 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 Jafarpur?

5 services counted by the Census are inside Jafarpur; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Chaugachhi
- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Abadpur
- ○Degree college10+ km · Sultanpur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Katihar
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 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 Jafarpur known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 65% of the 141 hectares of village land is sown, and 60 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 Jafarpur

Of every 100 households in Jafarpur in 2011, 0 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Jafarpur · ■ Barsoi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**1%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**13%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****37%**

**41%

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

**1%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****15%**

**15%

Television ****2%**

**3%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****41%**

**40%

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 Jafarpur?

■ Jafarpur · ■ Barsoi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****25.9%**

**43.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****964**

**920

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1321**

**960

Working population ****28.1%**

**32.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 31.5% for men and 19.8% for women. 49% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 11 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 460 (91%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 29 (6%) · **■** Marginal 7 (1%)

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

- Malaur1,921 people
- Kanaila1,853 people
- Kuchiamor1,843 people
- Udaipur1,810 people
- Satuwan1,805 people
- Kaliadangi1,779 people
- Banbhui1,768 people
- Pataul1,766 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Jafarpur from Katihar?56 km by road
- What is the population of Jafarpur?1,809 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jafarpur in?Katihar district (Barsoi sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Jafarpur?25.9% (Census 2011)