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

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Village · Kadwa, Katihar 

# Nista

Nista is a village in Kadwa sub-district of Katihar district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **4,188 people in 817 households**, the 18th largest of 234 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 45.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 50.5%.

- 4,188people (2011)
- 817households
- 45.1%literacy
- 944females per 1,000 males

## Nista PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatNiata
- Community development blockKadwa
- Census village code224690

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

## How far is Nista from nearby towns?

- Kadwa (sub-district HQ)20 km by road
- Katihar (district HQ)30 km by road
- Katihar (nearest town)30 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 Nista?

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

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●PolytechnicIn village · 1 private
- ●ITI / vocational schoolIn village · 2 private
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Salmari
- ○Degree college10+ km · Sisia
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM5–10 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 Nista known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 69% of the 191 hectares of village land is sown, and 60 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 Nista

Of every 100 households in Nista in 2011, 0 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Nista · ■ Kadwa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**4%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**16%

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

**83%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

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

**50%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****19%**

**24%

Television ****2%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**35%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Nista?

■ Nista · ■ Kadwa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****45.1%**

**50.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****944**

**922

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1103**

**969

Working population ****21.0%**

**33.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 54.3% for men and 34.9% for women. 39% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 65 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 493 (56%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 72 (8%) · **■** Marginal 246 (28%)

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

- Dhangawan4,515 people
- Dukhara4,489 people
- Chauki4,317 people
- Rajwanpur4,199 people
- Sagarath4,178 people
- Bhaunagar4,152 people
- Gopinagar4,003 people
- Dhaparsia3,751 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Nista from Katihar?30 km by road
- What is the population of Nista?4,188 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Nista in?Katihar district (Kadwa sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Nista?45.1% (Census 2011)