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

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Village · Kadwa, Katihar 

# Kolha

Kolha is a village in Kadwa sub-district of Katihar district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,343 people in 240 households**, the 85th largest of 234 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 50.5%.

- 1,343people (2011)
- 240households
- 64.0%literacy
- 975females per 1,000 males

## Kolha PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatChouni
- Community development blockKadwa
- Census village code224542

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

## How far is Kolha from nearby towns?

- Kadwa (sub-district HQ)16 km by road
- Katihar (district HQ)35 km by road
- Katihar (nearest town)35 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 Kolha?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Kolha; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Katihar
- ○Degree college10+ km · Sisia
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Katihar
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 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

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 Kolha known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 64% of the 132 hectares of village land is sown, and 18 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 Kolha

Of every 100 households in Kolha in 2011, 0 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 67 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kolha · ■ Kadwa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**4%

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

**16%

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

**83%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

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

**50%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****9%**

**24%

Television ****5%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****67%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****23%**

**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 Kolha?

■ Kolha · ■ Kadwa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.0%**

**50.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****975**

**922

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****966**

**969

Working population ****34.8%**

**33.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.4% for men and 57.6% for women. 45% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 87 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 321 (69%) · **■** Other work 12 (3%) · **■** Marginal 48 (10%)

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

- Baida1,432 people
- Jitwarpur1,399 people
- Parlabari1,377 people
- Kamraili1,365 people
- Malikpur1,335 people
- Gosainkol1,334 people
- Roshanganj1,330 people
- Bishunpur1,316 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Kolha from Katihar?35 km by road
- What is the population of Kolha?1,343 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kolha in?Katihar district (Kadwa sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Kolha?64.0% (Census 2011)