# Roshanganj Village, Kadwa, Katihar (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Kadwa, Katihar 

# Roshanganj

Roshanganj is a village in Kadwa sub-district of Katihar district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,075 people in 232 households**, the 105th largest of 234 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 46.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 50.5%.

- 1,075people (2011)
- 232households
- 46.6%literacy
- 947females per 1,000 males

## Roshanganj PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatShekhpura
- Community development blockKadwa
- Census village code224653

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

## How far is Roshanganj 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 Roshanganj?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●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 bankunder 5 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 Roshanganj known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 84% of the 14 hectares of village land is sown, and 10 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 Roshanganj

Of every 100 households in Roshanganj in 2011, 0 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Roshanganj · ■ Kadwa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**4%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**83%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**50%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**96%

Use banking services ****18%**

**24%

Television ****6%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****56%**

**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 Roshanganj?

■ Roshanganj · ■ Kadwa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****46.6%**

**50.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****947**

**922

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1221**

**969

Working population ****35.0%**

**33.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 53.8% for men and 38.6% for women. 59% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 39 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 319 (85%) · **■** Other work 16 (4%) · **■** Marginal 2 (1%)

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

- Mokaria1,162 people
- Bathan Kheti1,110 people
- Kusha1,107 people
- Hachalpur1,094 people
- Bathaura1,062 people
- Paria1,007 people
- Bijahar995 people
- Ahmadpur988 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Roshanganj from Katihar?40 km by road
- What is the population of Roshanganj?1,075 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Roshanganj in?Katihar district (Kadwa sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Roshanganj?46.6% (Census 2011)