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

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Village · Kadwa, Katihar 

# Kanta

Kanta is a village in Kadwa sub-district of Katihar district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **5,761 people in 1,167 households**, the 8th largest of 234 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 50.5%.

- 5,761people (2011)
- 1,167households
- 69.4%literacy
- 939females per 1,000 males

## Kanta PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatKantiya
- Community development blockKadwa
- Census village code224700

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

## How far is Kanta from nearby towns?

- Kadwa (sub-district HQ)8 km by road
- Katihar (district HQ)34 km by road
- Katihar (nearest town)34 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 Kanta?

16 services counted by the Census are inside Kanta; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○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 station10+ 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 Kanta known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 53% of the 191 hectares of village land is sown, and 91 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 Kanta

Of every 100 households in Kanta in 2011, 29 had electricity, 47 a toilet at home and 19 cooked with LPG; 51 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Kanta · ■ Kadwa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****29%**

**4%

Toilet within the home ****47%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****53%**

**83%

Tap water ****3%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****46%**

**50%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****19%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****79%**

**96%

Use banking services ****46%**

**24%

Television ****26%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****51%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**1%

None of these assets ****31%**

**35%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Kanta?

■ Kanta · ■ Kadwa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.4%**

**50.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****939**

**922

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1017**

**969

Working population ****32.6%**

**33.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.9% for men and 64.7% for women. 45% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 91 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 502 (27%) · **■** Household industry 149 (8%) · **■** Other work 555 (30%) · **■** Marginal 580 (31%)

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

- Pellagor8,903 people
- Kadwa6,715 people
- Benijalalpur6,435 people
- Sikarpur5,804 people
- Mohammadpur Bangar5,656 people
- Unaso Pachgachhi5,482 people
- Madhaipur5,219 people
- Bharri5,082 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Kanta from Katihar?34 km by road
- What is the population of Kanta?5,761 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanta in?Katihar district (Kadwa sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Kanta?69.4% (Census 2011)