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

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Village · Barsoi, Katihar 

# Kachana

Kachana is a village in Barsoi sub-district of Katihar district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,215 people in 238 households**, the 102nd largest of 218 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 43.7%.

- 1,215people (2011)
- 238households
- 55.7%literacy
- 922females per 1,000 males

## Kachana PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatBighorhat
- Community development blockBarsoi
- Census village code224903

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

## How far is Kachana from nearby towns?

- Barsoi (sub-district HQ)13 km by road
- Katihar (district HQ)53 km by road
- Katihar (nearest town)53 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 Kachana?

12 services counted by the Census are inside Kachana; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Railway stationIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Commercial bankIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn 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
- ○ATM10+ 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 Kachana known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 88% of the 136 hectares of village land is sown, and 71 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 Kachana

Of every 100 households in Kachana in 2011, 0 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kachana · ■ Barsoi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**1%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**13%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****56%**

**41%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**98%

Use banking services ****7%**

**15%

Television ****0%**

**3%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****56%**

**40%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Kachana?

■ Kachana · ■ Barsoi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.7%**

**43.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****922**

**920

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1053**

**960

Working population ****34.2%**

**32.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.0% for men and 44.1% for women. 50% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 69 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 75 (18%) · **■** Other work 2 (0%) · **■** Marginal 270 (65%)

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

- Baldogachhi1,300 people
- Gowagaon1,272 people
- Bathna1,247 people
- Chichaura1,237 people
- Chorkhora1,214 people
- Kandhal1,205 people
- Chhota Sikarpur1,201 people
- Ghoradiha1,200 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Kachana from Katihar?53 km by road
- What is the population of Kachana?1,215 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kachana in?Katihar district (Barsoi sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Kachana?55.7% (Census 2011)