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

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Village · Kadwa, Katihar 

# Kamru

Kamru is a village in Kadwa sub-district of Katihar district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **2,244 people in 469 households**, the 46th largest of 234 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 50.5%.

- 2,244people (2011)
- 469households
- 56.7%literacy
- 898females per 1,000 males

## Kamru PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatKantiya
- Community development blockKadwa
- Census village code224703

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

## How far is Kamru from nearby towns?

- Kadwa (sub-district HQ)12 km by road
- Katihar (district HQ)31 km by road
- Katihar (nearest town)31 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 Kamru?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Kamru; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Sonali
- ○Degree college10+ km · Sisia
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Katihar
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)4 h summer · 3 h winter

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 Kamru known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 76% of the 197 hectares of village land is sown, and 119 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 Kamru

Of every 100 households in Kamru in 2011, 0 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kamru · ■ Kadwa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**4%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**83%

Tap water ****20%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****53%**

**50%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****25%**

**24%

Television ****2%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****44%**

**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 Kamru?

■ Kamru · ■ Kadwa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.7%**

**50.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****898**

**922

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****959**

**969

Working population ****38.7%**

**33.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.6% for men and 43.2% for women. 47% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 133 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 630 (72%) · **■** Other work 64 (7%) · **■** Marginal 42 (5%)

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

- Alhanda2,459 people
- Bidyanandpur2,334 people
- Taiyabpur2,320 people
- Bhogaon2,317 people
- Harnathpur2,142 people
- Pararia2,124 people
- Ratanpur2,097 people
- Mohna2,051 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Kamru from Katihar?31 km by road
- What is the population of Kamru?2,244 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kamru in?Katihar district (Kadwa sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Kamru?56.7% (Census 2011)