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

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Village · Kadwa, Katihar 

# Jian

Jian is a village in Kadwa sub-district of Katihar district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **3,610 people in 787 households**, the 27th largest of 234 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 32.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 50.5%.

- 3,610people (2011)
- 787households
- 32.8%literacy
- 854females per 1,000 males

## Jian PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatNiata
- Community development blockKadwa
- Census village code224692

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

## How far is Jian from nearby towns?

- Kadwa (sub-district HQ)20 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 Jian?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn 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
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ 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 Jian known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 79% of the 221 hectares of village land is sown, and 100 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 Jian

Of every 100 households in Jian in 2011, 0 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jian · ■ Kadwa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**4%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**83%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****20%**

**50%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**96%

Use banking services ****17%**

**24%

Television ****4%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**5%

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

**1%

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

**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 Jian?

■ Jian · ■ Kadwa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****32.8%**

**50.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****854**

**922

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****967**

**969

Working population ****31.7%**

**33.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 40.3% for men and 23.9% for women. 48% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 77 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 326 (29%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 78 (7%) · **■** Marginal 656 (57%)

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

- Kachora3,745 people
- Kursail3,713 people
- Bailaun3,708 people
- Chandhar3,629 people
- Parbhaili3,447 people
- Sihrour3,321 people
- Baghua2,992 people
- Ratni2,970 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Jian from Katihar?30 km by road
- What is the population of Jian?3,610 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jian in?Katihar district (Kadwa sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Jian?32.8% (Census 2011)