# Bangawan Village, Kadwa, Katihar (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Kadwa, Katihar 

# Bangawan

Bangawan is a village in Kadwa sub-district of Katihar district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,469 people in 315 households**, the 79th largest of 234 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 26.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 50.5%.

- 1,469people (2011)
- 315households
- 26.4%literacy
- 964females per 1,000 males

## Bangawan PIN code and other codes

Bangawan falls in Kadwa sub-district, Katihar district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatDhaparsia
- Community development blockKadwa
- Census village code224526

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

## How far is Bangawan from nearby towns?

- Kadwa (sub-district HQ)12 km by road
- Katihar (district HQ)35 km by road
- Katihar (nearest town)35 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 Bangawan?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Mahammadpur
- ○Degree college10+ km · Sisia
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Katihar
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps

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 Bangawan known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 88% of the 382 hectares of village land is sown, and 201 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 Bangawan

Of every 100 households in Bangawan in 2011, 1 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Bangawan · ■ Kadwa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**4%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**83%

Tap water ****1%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****70%**

**50%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****3%**

**24%

Television ****1%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****61%**

**35%

Own their home ****98%**

**98%

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 Bangawan?

■ Bangawan · ■ Kadwa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****26.4%**

**50.5%

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

**922

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****918**

**969

Working population ****31.7%**

**33.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 32.8% for men and 19.9% for women. 45% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 63 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 258 (55%) · **■** Household industry 21 (5%) · **■** Other work 10 (2%) · **■** Marginal 114 (24%)

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 Kadwa

- Nazirpur1,522 people
- Berho1,511 people
- Gobindpur1,508 people
- Saralia1,470 people
- Nijhra1,469 people
- Baida1,432 people
- Jitwarpur1,399 people
- Parlabari1,377 people

[All 264 villages in Kadwa](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/katihar/kadwa/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Bangawan from Katihar?35 km by road
- What is the population of Bangawan?1,469 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bangawan in?Katihar district (Kadwa sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Bangawan?26.4% (Census 2011)