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

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Village · Kadwa, Katihar 

# Shikarpur

Shikarpur is a village in Kadwa sub-district of Katihar district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **867 people in 165 households**, the 121st largest of 234 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 53.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 50.5%.

- 867people (2011)
- 165households
- 53.3%literacy
- 953females per 1,000 males

## Shikarpur PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatShikarpur
- Community development blockKadwa
- Census village code224680

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

## How far is Shikarpur from nearby towns?

- Kadwa (sub-district HQ)25 km by road
- Katihar (district HQ)45 km by road
- Katihar (nearest town)45 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 Shikarpur?

3 services counted by the Census are inside Shikarpur; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Dagi
- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Salmari
- ○Degree college10+ km · Sisia
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Katihar
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 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
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 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 Shikarpur known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 52% of the 27 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 Shikarpur

Of every 100 households in Shikarpur in 2011, 6 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Shikarpur · ■ Kadwa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****6%**

**4%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**83%

Tap water ****1%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****25%**

**50%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****45%**

**24%

Television ****1%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****11%**

**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 Shikarpur?

■ Shikarpur · ■ Kadwa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****53.3%**

**50.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****953**

**922

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****976**

**969

Working population ****26.1%**

**33.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 62.3% for men and 43.9% for women. 47% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 60 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 114 (50%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 15 (7%) · **■** Marginal 36 (16%)

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

- Uphrail889 people
- Bobra888 people
- Nayatola884 people
- Bhais Bandha876 people
- Jhaman858 people
- Nasirganj855 people
- Rangpara852 people
- Bishunpur842 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Shikarpur from Katihar?45 km by road
- What is the population of Shikarpur?867 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shikarpur in?Katihar district (Kadwa sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Shikarpur?53.3% (Census 2011)