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

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Village · Kadwa, Katihar 

# Gosainkol

Gosainkol is a village in Kadwa sub-district of Katihar district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,334 people in 303 households**, the 87th largest of 234 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 21.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 50.5%.

- 1,334people (2011)
- 303households
- 21.6%literacy
- 874females per 1,000 males

## Gosainkol PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatShekhpura
- Community development blockKadwa
- Census village code224655

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

## How far is Gosainkol from nearby towns?

- Kadwa (sub-district HQ)28 km by road
- Katihar (district HQ)45 km by road
- Katihar (nearest town)45 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 Gosainkol?

6 services counted by the Census are inside Gosainkol; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Roshanganj
- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Salmari
- ○Degree college10+ km · Sisia
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Katihar
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 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 Gosainkol known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 95% of the 117 hectares of village land is sown, and 105 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 Gosainkol

Of every 100 households in Gosainkol in 2011, 1 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gosainkol · ■ Kadwa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**4%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**83%

Tap water ****1%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****64%**

**50%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****22%**

**24%

Television ****10%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****39%**

**35%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Gosainkol?

■ Gosainkol · ■ Kadwa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****21.6%**

**50.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****874**

**922

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****910**

**969

Working population ****25.0%**

**33.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 26.7% for men and 15.6% for women. 45% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 34 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 287 (86%) · **■** Other work 12 (4%) · **■** Marginal 1 (0%)

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

- Parlabari1,377 people
- Kamraili1,365 people
- Kolha1,343 people
- Malikpur1,335 people
- Roshanganj1,330 people
- Bishunpur1,316 people
- Bareya1,305 people
- Mirzadpur1,269 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Gosainkol from Katihar?45 km by road
- What is the population of Gosainkol?1,334 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gosainkol in?Katihar district (Kadwa sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Gosainkol?21.6% (Census 2011)