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

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Village · Kadwa, Katihar 

# Kurhaila

Kurhaila is a village in Kadwa sub-district of Katihar district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **705 people in 135 households**, the 136th largest of 234 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 50.5%.

- 705people (2011)
- 135households
- 56.6%literacy
- 905females per 1,000 males

## Kurhaila PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatJaja
- Community development blockKadwa
- Census village code224647

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

## How far is Kurhaila from nearby towns?

- Kadwa (sub-district HQ)12 km by road
- Katihar (district HQ)45 km by road
- Katihar (nearest town)45 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 Kurhaila?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Kurhaila; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Post officeIn 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 · Sonauli
- ○Degree college10+ km · Sisia
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Katihar
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river

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 Kurhaila known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 75% of the 39 hectares of village land is sown, and 16 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 Kurhaila

Of every 100 households in Kurhaila in 2011, 1 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 67 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kurhaila · ■ Kadwa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**4%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**83%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****80%**

**50%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****29%**

**24%

Television ****3%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****67%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**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 Kurhaila?

■ Kurhaila · ■ Kadwa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.6%**

**50.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****905**

**922

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****908**

**969

Working population ****28.2%**

**33.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 62.9% for men and 49.6% for women. 47% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 24 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 122 (61%) · **■** Household industry 7 (4%) · **■** Other work 46 (23%)

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

- Pipra784 people
- Raunia771 people
- Pothia748 people
- Mahinagar711 people
- Bijol701 people
- Baura Milik694 people
- Rani Kol661 people
- Basandah660 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Kurhaila from Katihar?45 km by road
- What is the population of Kurhaila?705 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kurhaila in?Katihar district (Kadwa sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Kurhaila?56.6% (Census 2011)