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

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Village · Kadwa, Katihar 

# Katara

Katara is a village in Kadwa sub-district of Katihar district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,250 people in 261 households**, the 94th largest of 234 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 50.5%.

- 1,250people (2011)
- 261households
- 56.4%literacy
- 914females per 1,000 males

## Katara PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatBijahara
- Community development blockKadwa
- Census village code224460

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

## How far is Katara from nearby towns?

- Kadwa (sub-district HQ)15 km by road
- Katihar (district HQ)40 km by road
- Katihar (nearest town)40 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 Katara?

4 services counted by the Census are inside Katara; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Kanta
- ○Degree college10+ km · Sisia
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Katihar
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 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 Katara known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 68% of the 101 hectares of village land is sown, and 50 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 Katara

Of every 100 households in Katara in 2011, 1 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 58 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Katara · ■ Kadwa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**4%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**83%

Tap water ****3%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****71%**

**50%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****38%**

**24%

Television ****3%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****58%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**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 Katara?

■ Katara · ■ Kadwa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.4%**

**50.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****914**

**922

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****871**

**969

Working population ****25.4%**

**33.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.7% for men and 48.4% for women. 46% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 126 (40%) · **■** Farm labourers 161 (51%) · **■** Other work 25 (8%) · **■** Marginal 5 (2%)

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

- Bareya1,305 people
- Mirzadpur1,269 people
- Daulatpur1,263 people
- Jalkar Baluganj1,254 people
- Sihpur1,229 people
- Dakhi1,227 people
- Ramnagar1,206 people
- Muradpur1,182 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Katara from Katihar?40 km by road
- What is the population of Katara?1,250 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Katara in?Katihar district (Kadwa sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Katara?56.4% (Census 2011)