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

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Village · Barsoi, Katihar 

# Jiar

Jiar is a village in Barsoi sub-district of Katihar district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **953 people in 231 households**, the 126th largest of 218 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 43.7%.

- 953people (2011)
- 231households
- 72.2%literacy
- 921females per 1,000 males

## Jiar PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatChapakhor
- Community development blockBarsoi
- Census village code224922

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

## How far is Jiar from nearby towns?

- Barsoi (sub-district HQ)20 km by road
- Katihar (district HQ)65 km by road
- Katihar (nearest town)65 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 Jiar?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Jiar; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Barsoi
- ○Degree college10+ km · Sultanpur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Katihar
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 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 Jiar known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 88% of the 130 hectares of village land is sown, and 47 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 Jiar

Of every 100 households in Jiar in 2011, 0 had electricity, 23 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jiar · ■ Barsoi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**1%

Toilet within the home ****23%**

**13%

No toilet (open defecation) ****68%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**41%

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

**1%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****10%**

**15%

Television ****0%**

**3%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****46%**

**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 Jiar?

■ Jiar · ■ Barsoi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.2%**

**43.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****921**

**920

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****882**

**960

Working population ****37.8%**

**32.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.2% for men and 69.0% for women. 56% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 2 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 17 (5%) · **■** Marginal 339 (94%)

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

- Maltipur973 people
- Bariaganj960 people
- Pirasan958 people
- Gobindpur953 people
- Mangatpur945 people
- Duha941 people
- Basantpur940 people
- Ratan Pokhar902 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Jiar from Katihar?65 km by road
- What is the population of Jiar?953 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jiar in?Katihar district (Barsoi sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Jiar?72.2% (Census 2011)