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

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Village · Kadwa, Katihar 

# Malikpur

Malikpur is a village in Kadwa sub-district of Katihar district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,162 people in 226 households**, the 100th largest of 234 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 50.5%.

- 1,162people (2011)
- 226households
- 56.7%literacy
- 883females per 1,000 males

## Malikpur PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatChouni
- Community development blockKadwa
- Census village code224549

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

## How far is Malikpur from nearby towns?

- Kadwa (sub-district HQ)13 km by road
- Katihar (district HQ)34 km by road
- Katihar (nearest town)34 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 Malikpur?

6 services counted by the Census are inside Malikpur; 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
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn 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 office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ 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 Malikpur known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 78% of the 193 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 Malikpur

Of every 100 households in Malikpur in 2011, 0 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Malikpur · ■ Kadwa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**4%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**83%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****57%**

**50%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****11%**

**24%

Television ****2%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****40%**

**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 Malikpur?

■ Malikpur · ■ Kadwa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.7%**

**50.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****883**

**922

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1100**

**969

Working population ****46.6%**

**33.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 65.8% for men and 46.0% for women. 55% of men and 37% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 54 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 235 (43%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 27 (5%) · **■** Marginal 219 (40%)

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

- Dakhi1,227 people
- Ramnagar1,206 people
- Muradpur1,182 people
- Majhok1,165 people
- Mokaria1,162 people
- Bathan Kheti1,110 people
- Kusha1,107 people
- Hachalpur1,094 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Malikpur from Katihar?34 km by road
- What is the population of Malikpur?1,162 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Malikpur in?Katihar district (Kadwa sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Malikpur?56.7% (Census 2011)