# Shah Nagar Village, Kadwa, Katihar (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Kadwa, Katihar 

# Shah Nagar

Shah Nagar is a village in Kadwa sub-district of Katihar district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,822 people in 381 households**, the 62nd largest of 234 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 40.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 50.5%.

- 1,822people (2011)
- 381households
- 40.2%literacy
- 882females per 1,000 males

## Shah Nagar PIN code and other codes

Shah Nagar falls in Kadwa sub-district, Katihar district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatJaja
- Community development blockKadwa
- Census village code224635

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

## How far is Shah Nagar from nearby towns?

- Kadwa (sub-district HQ)13 km by road
- Katihar (district HQ)46 km by road
- Katihar (nearest town)46 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 Shah Nagar?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Shah Nagar; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Sonauli
- ○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
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river

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 Shah Nagar known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 76% of the 333 hectares of village land is sown, and 188 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 Shah Nagar

Of every 100 households in Shah Nagar in 2011, 0 had electricity, 48 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shah Nagar · ■ Kadwa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**4%

Toilet within the home ****48%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****52%**

**83%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****73%**

**50%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****11%**

**24%

Television ****1%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**35%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Shah Nagar?

■ Shah Nagar · ■ Kadwa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****40.2%**

**50.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****882**

**922

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****969**

**969

Working population ****28.6%**

**33.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 45.3% for men and 34.2% for women. 51% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 74 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 406 (78%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 22 (4%) · **■** Marginal 18 (3%)

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

- Sisia1,960 people
- Shekhpura1,896 people
- Nandanpur1,888 people
- Kurum1,841 people
- Duria1,802 people
- Minapur1,751 people
- Sanjhaili1,718 people
- Sahajana1,713 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Shah Nagar from Katihar?46 km by road
- What is the population of Shah Nagar?1,822 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shah Nagar in?Katihar district (Kadwa sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Shah Nagar?40.2% (Census 2011)