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

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Village · Kadwa, Katihar 

# Para

Para is a village in Kadwa sub-district of Katihar district, Bihar, PIN code **855105**. The 2011 Census counted **302 people in 70 households**, the 185th largest of 234 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 51.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 50.5%.

- 302people (2011)
- 70households
- 51.3%literacy
- 855105PIN code

## Para PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Para is 855105.** Para falls in Kadwa sub-district, Katihar district, Bihar.

- PIN code855105
- Gram panchayatMohmammadpur
- Community development blockKadwa
- Census village code224578

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

## How far is Para from nearby towns?

- Kadwa (sub-district HQ)3 km by road
- Katihar (district HQ)18 km by road
- Katihar (nearest town)18 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 Para?

6 services counted by the Census are inside Para; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Medhaul
- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Sonauli
- ○Degree college10+ km · Sisia
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Katihar
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps
- Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 6 h winter

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 Para known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 54% of the 65 hectares of village land is sown, and 28 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 Para

Of every 100 households in Para in 2011, 0 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Para · ■ Kadwa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**4%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**83%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****61%**

**50%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****36%**

**24%

Television ****4%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****44%**

**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 Para?

■ Para · ■ Kadwa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****51.3%**

**50.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****819**

**922

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****952**

**969

Working population ****52.0%**

**33.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 60.7% for men and 39.7% for women. 54% of men and 50% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 24 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 117 (75%) · **■** Other work 9 (6%) · **■** Marginal 7 (4%)

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

- Nangara324 people
- Basantpur321 people
- Abdullahpur318 people
- Bair Gachhi313 people
- Khawaspur301 people
- Baiganbari288 people
- Palasbari274 people
- Deoli267 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Para?855105
- How far is Para from Katihar?18 km by road
- What is the population of Para?302 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Para in?Katihar district (Kadwa sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Para?51.3% (Census 2011)