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

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Village · Kadwa, Katihar 

# Kusha

Kusha is a village in Kadwa sub-district of Katihar district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,107 people in 247 households**, the 103rd largest of 234 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 50.5%.

- 1,107people (2011)
- 247households
- 75.1%literacy
- 942females per 1,000 males

## Kusha PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatShekhpura
- Community development blockKadwa
- Census village code224673

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

## How far is Kusha from nearby towns?

- Kadwa (sub-district HQ)30 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 Kusha?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Salmari
- ○Degree college10+ km · Sisia
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Katihar
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station5–10 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 Kusha known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 84% of the 94 hectares of village land is sown, and 70 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 Kusha

Of every 100 households in Kusha in 2011, 3 had electricity, 75 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 55 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kusha · ■ Kadwa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****3%**

**4%

Toilet within the home ****75%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****21%**

**83%

Tap water ****2%**

**1%

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

**50%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**96%

Use banking services ****44%**

**24%

Television ****37%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****55%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**35%

Own their home ****91%**

**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 Kusha?

■ Kusha · ■ Kadwa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.1%**

**50.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****942**

**922

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****843**

**969

Working population ****27.8%**

**33.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.8% for men and 71.2% for women. 46% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 28 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 90 (29%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 79 (26%) · **■** Marginal 109 (35%)

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

- Majhok1,165 people
- Malikpur1,162 people
- Mokaria1,162 people
- Bathan Kheti1,110 people
- Hachalpur1,094 people
- Roshanganj1,075 people
- Bathaura1,062 people
- Paria1,007 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Kusha from Katihar?40 km by road
- What is the population of Kusha?1,107 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kusha in?Katihar district (Kadwa sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Kusha?75.1% (Census 2011)