# Hanswar Village, Manihari, Katihar (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Manihari, Katihar 

# Hanswar

Hanswar is a village in Manihari sub-district of Katihar district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **2,631 people in 575 households**, the 22nd largest of 42 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 51.6%.

- 2,631people (2011)
- 575households
- 57.6%literacy
- 886females per 1,000 males

## Hanswar PIN code and other codes

Hanswar falls in Manihari sub-district, Katihar district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatKebala
- Community development blockManihari
- Census village code225714

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

## How far is Hanswar from nearby towns?

- Manihari (sub-district HQ)4 km by road
- Katihar (district HQ)28 km by road
- Manihari (nearest town)4 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 Hanswar?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Hanswar; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn 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

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Nababganj
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Manihari
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Katihar
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)4 h summer · 4 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 Hanswar known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 48% of the 754 hectares of village land is sown, and 192 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 Hanswar

Of every 100 households in Hanswar in 2011, 10 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 51 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Hanswar · ■ Manihari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****10%**

**5%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**88%

Tap water ****1%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****58%**

**46%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**98%

Use banking services ****61%**

**27%

Television ****8%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****51%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****42%**

**39%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Hanswar?

■ Hanswar · ■ Manihari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.6%**

**51.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****886**

**909

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****965**

**945

Working population ****27.4%**

**32.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.6% for men and 49.6% for women. 43% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 101 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 302 (42%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 94 (13%) · **■** Marginal 220 (30%)

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 Manihari

- Pagalbari2,857 people
- Jagbati2,756 people
- Kebala2,728 people
- Dhuriahi2,683 people
- Bahadurpur2,457 people
- Sowa1,965 people
- Maheshpur1,838 people
- Googachhi1,807 people

[All 62 villages in Manihari](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/katihar/manihari/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Hanswar from Katihar?28 km by road
- What is the population of Hanswar?2,631 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Hanswar in?Katihar district (Manihari sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Hanswar?57.6% (Census 2011)