# Gamhar Gachhi Village, Kadwa, Katihar (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Kadwa, Katihar 

# Gamhar Gachhi

Gamhar Gachhi is a village in Kadwa sub-district of Katihar district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **432 people in 91 households**, the 166th largest of 234 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 50.5%.

- 432people (2011)
- 91households
- 52.7%literacy
- 920females per 1,000 males

## Gamhar Gachhi PIN code and other codes

Gamhar Gachhi falls in Kadwa sub-district, Katihar district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatTaiyabpur
- Community development blockKadwa
- Census village code224486

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

## How far is Gamhar Gachhi from nearby towns?

- Kadwa (sub-district HQ)26 km by road
- Katihar (district HQ)57 km by road
- Katihar (nearest town)57 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 Gamhar Gachhi?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Gamhar Gachhi; 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
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Salmari
- ○Degree college10+ km · Sisia
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Katihar
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 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 Gamhar Gachhi known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 71% of the 24 hectares of village land is sown, and 14 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 Gamhar Gachhi

Of every 100 households in Gamhar Gachhi in 2011, 0 had electricity, 41 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gamhar Gachhi · ■ Kadwa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**4%

Toilet within the home ****41%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****59%**

**83%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**50%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****9%**

**24%

Television ****1%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****52%**

**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 Gamhar Gachhi?

■ Gamhar Gachhi · ■ Kadwa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****52.7%**

**50.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****920**

**922

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1087**

**969

Working population ****34.7%**

**33.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 60.9% for men and 43.3% for women. 44% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 1 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 6 (4%) · **■** Marginal 143 (95%)

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

- Barhua464 people
- Majhauli449 people
- Bhamraili442 people
- Bendhabari432 people
- Baliharpur431 people
- Kamalpur426 people
- Ghisra424 people
- Chandhar420 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Gamhar Gachhi from Katihar?57 km by road
- What is the population of Gamhar Gachhi?432 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gamhar Gachhi in?Katihar district (Kadwa sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Gamhar Gachhi?52.7% (Census 2011)