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

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Village · Kadwa, Katihar 

# Chauki

Chauki is a village in Kadwa sub-district of Katihar district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **4,317 people in 854 households**, the 16th largest of 234 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 37.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 50.5%.

- 4,317people (2011)
- 854households
- 37.8%literacy
- 940females per 1,000 males

## Chauki PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatDhangama
- Community development blockKadwa
- Census village code224532

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

## How far is Chauki from nearby towns?

- Kadwa (sub-district HQ)15 km by road
- Katihar (district HQ)30 km by road
- Katihar (nearest town)30 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 Chauki?

14 services counted by the Census are inside Chauki; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●TB clinicIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Post officeIn 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 · Sonaul
- ○Degree college10+ km · Sisia
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Katihar
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ 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 Chauki known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 77% of the 325 hectares of village land is sown, and 150 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 Chauki

Of every 100 households in Chauki in 2011, 0 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chauki · ■ Kadwa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**4%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**83%

Tap water ****1%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****34%**

**50%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****18%**

**24%

Television ****4%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****43%**

**35%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Chauki?

■ Chauki · ■ Kadwa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****37.8%**

**50.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****940**

**922

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****971**

**969

Working population ****27.6%**

**33.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 43.9% for men and 31.2% for women. 50% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 270 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 831 (70%) · **■** Other work 60 (5%) · **■** Marginal 31 (3%)

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

- Bharri5,082 people
- Bijhara4,645 people
- Dhangawan4,515 people
- Dukhara4,489 people
- Rajwanpur4,199 people
- Nista4,188 people
- Sagarath4,178 people
- Bhaunagar4,152 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Chauki from Katihar?30 km by road
- What is the population of Chauki?4,317 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chauki in?Katihar district (Kadwa sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Chauki?37.8% (Census 2011)