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

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Village · Kadwa, Katihar 

# Chauni

Chauni is a village in Kadwa sub-district of Katihar district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **2,748 people in 586 households**, the 36th largest of 234 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 42.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 50.5%.

- 2,748people (2011)
- 586households
- 42.9%literacy
- 984females per 1,000 males

## Chauni PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatChouni
- Community development blockKadwa
- Census village code224551

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

## How far is Chauni from nearby towns?

- Kadwa (sub-district HQ)11 km by road
- Katihar (district HQ)29 km by road
- Katihar (nearest town)29 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 Chauni?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Chauni; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn 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 · Katihar
- ○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
- ○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 Chauni known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 83% of the 223 hectares of village land is sown, and 110 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 Chauni

Of every 100 households in Chauni in 2011, 0 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chauni · ■ Kadwa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**4%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**83%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****50%**

**50%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****7%**

**24%

Television ****2%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**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 Chauni?

■ Chauni · ■ Kadwa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****42.9%**

**50.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****984**

**922

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1075**

**969

Working population ****32.8%**

**33.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 52.1% for men and 33.3% for women. 45% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 79 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 618 (69%) · **■** Other work 6 (1%) · **■** Marginal 199 (22%)

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

- Babhangaon2,919 people
- Asiani2,856 people
- Tetalia2,827 people
- Raiyapur2,782 people
- Kalidaspur2,745 people
- Dhobighatta2,616 people
- Khusalpur2,613 people
- Bedepur2,540 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Chauni from Katihar?29 km by road
- What is the population of Chauni?2,748 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chauni in?Katihar district (Kadwa sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Chauni?42.9% (Census 2011)