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

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Village · Kadwa, Katihar 

# Mahinagar

Mahinagar is a village in Kadwa sub-district of Katihar district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **711 people in 146 households**, the 135th largest of 234 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 50.5%.

- 711people (2011)
- 146households
- 60.2%literacy
- 906females per 1,000 males

## Mahinagar PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatShikarpur
- Community development blockKadwa
- Census village code224504

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

## How far is Mahinagar from nearby towns?

- Kadwa (sub-district HQ)26 km by road
- Katihar (district HQ)66 km by road
- Katihar (nearest town)66 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 Mahinagar?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Mahinagar; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Pellagor
- ○Degree college10+ km · Sisia
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Katihar
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ 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 Mahinagar known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 23% of the 196 hectares of village land is sown, and 30 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 Mahinagar

Of every 100 households in Mahinagar in 2011, 0 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Mahinagar · ■ Kadwa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**4%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****80%**

**83%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****41%**

**50%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**96%

Use banking services ****14%**

**24%

Television ****8%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****43%**

**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 Mahinagar?

■ Mahinagar · ■ Kadwa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.2%**

**50.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****906**

**922

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****895**

**969

Working population ****24.9%**

**33.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.5% for men and 36.8% for women. 45% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 19 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 126 (71%) · **■** Other work 24 (14%) · **■** Marginal 8 (5%)

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

- Sadeli790 people
- Pipra784 people
- Raunia771 people
- Pothia748 people
- Kurhaila705 people
- Bijol701 people
- Baura Milik694 people
- Rani Kol661 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Mahinagar from Katihar?66 km by road
- What is the population of Mahinagar?711 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahinagar in?Katihar district (Kadwa sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Mahinagar?60.2% (Census 2011)