# Kharitola Village, Kadwa, Katihar (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Kadwa, Katihar 

# Kharitola

Kharitola is a village in Kadwa sub-district of Katihar district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **501 people in 109 households**, the 157th largest of 234 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 50.5%.

- 501people (2011)
- 109households
- 61.5%literacy
- 912females per 1,000 males

## Kharitola PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatChandhar
- Community development blockKadwa
- Census village code224670

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

## How far is Kharitola 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 Kharitola?

2 services counted by the Census are inside Kharitola; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Katihar
- ○Degree college10+ km · Sisia
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Katihar
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 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 Kharitola known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 72% of the 87 hectares of village land is sown, and 40 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 Kharitola

Of every 100 households in Kharitola in 2011, 0 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kharitola · ■ Kadwa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**4%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**83%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****40%**

**50%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****28%**

**24%

Television ****19%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**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 Kharitola?

■ Kharitola · ■ Kadwa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.5%**

**50.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****912**

**922

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****804**

**969

Working population ****29.5%**

**33.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.0% for men and 53.5% for women. 50% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 35 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 52 (35%) · **■** Other work 35 (24%) · **■** Marginal 26 (18%)

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

- Sundargachhi Milik523 people
- Narainpur517 people
- Tetalia Kasht511 people
- Mohna507 people
- Rasanpur495 people
- Nista484 people
- Jadopur480 people
- Manullahpur472 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Kharitola from Katihar?30 km by road
- What is the population of Kharitola?501 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kharitola in?Katihar district (Kadwa sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Kharitola?61.5% (Census 2011)