# Jalkar Baluganj Village, Kadwa, Katihar (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Kadwa, Katihar 

# Jalkar Baluganj

Jalkar Baluganj is a village in Kadwa sub-district of Katihar district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,254 people in 282 households**, the 93rd largest of 234 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 51.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 50.5%.

- 1,254people (2011)
- 282households
- 51.3%literacy
- 891females per 1,000 males

## Jalkar Baluganj PIN code and other codes

Jalkar Baluganj falls in Kadwa sub-district, Katihar district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatShekhpura
- Community development blockKadwa
- Census village code224676

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

## How far is Jalkar Baluganj from nearby towns?

- Kadwa (sub-district HQ)30 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 Jalkar Baluganj?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Jalkar Baluganj; 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 school5–10 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 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 Jalkar Baluganj known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 85% of the 39 hectares of village land is sown, and 28 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 Jalkar Baluganj

Of every 100 households in Jalkar Baluganj in 2011, 0 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jalkar Baluganj · ■ Kadwa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**4%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**83%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****15%**

**50%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****2%**

**24%

Television ****0%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****19%**

**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 Jalkar Baluganj?

■ Jalkar Baluganj · ■ Kadwa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****51.3%**

**50.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****891**

**922

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1056**

**969

Working population ****31.8%**

**33.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 61.3% for men and 39.5% for women. 51% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 13 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 345 (86%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 25 (6%) · **■** Marginal 12 (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

- Bishunpur1,316 people
- Bareya1,305 people
- Mirzadpur1,269 people
- Daulatpur1,263 people
- Katara1,250 people
- Sihpur1,229 people
- Dakhi1,227 people
- Ramnagar1,206 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Jalkar Baluganj from Katihar?45 km by road
- What is the population of Jalkar Baluganj?1,254 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jalkar Baluganj in?Katihar district (Kadwa sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Jalkar Baluganj?51.3% (Census 2011)