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

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Village · Kadwa, Katihar 

# Sahanpur

Sahanpur is a village in Kadwa sub-district of Katihar district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,682 people in 335 households**, the 69th largest of 234 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 50.5%.

- 1,682people (2011)
- 335households
- 63.5%literacy
- 896females per 1,000 males

## Sahanpur PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatRizwanpur
- Community development blockKadwa
- Census village code224455

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

## How far is Sahanpur from nearby towns?

- Kadwa (sub-district HQ)15 km by road
- Katihar (district HQ)40 km by road
- Dalkhola (nearest town)15 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 Sahanpur?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Kanta
- ○Degree college10+ km · Sisia
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Katihar
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ 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 Sahanpur known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 55% of the 168 hectares of village land is sown, and 56 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 Sahanpur

Of every 100 households in Sahanpur in 2011, 0 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 67 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Sahanpur · ■ Kadwa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**4%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**83%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****72%**

**50%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****30%**

**24%

Television ****0%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****67%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**35%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Sahanpur?

■ Sahanpur · ■ Kadwa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.5%**

**50.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****896**

**922

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****942**

**969

Working population ****26.3%**

**33.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.6% for men and 54.3% for women. 46% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 93 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 191 (43%) · **■** Other work 84 (19%) · **■** Marginal 75 (17%)

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

- Sanjhaili1,718 people
- Sahajana1,713 people
- Sagunia1,710 people
- Nijhura1,684 people
- Nargada1,675 people
- Bishunpur1,628 people
- Kaldehi1,542 people
- Pialpur Dhangi1,539 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Sahanpur from Katihar?40 km by road
- What is the population of Sahanpur?1,682 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sahanpur in?Katihar district (Kadwa sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Sahanpur?63.5% (Census 2011)