# Ganganagar Village, Pranpur, Katihar (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Pranpur, Katihar 

# Ganganagar

Ganganagar is a village in Pranpur sub-district of Katihar district, Bihar, PIN code **854116**. The 2011 Census counted **641 people in 113 households**, the 59th largest of 76 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 43.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 52.7%.

- 641people (2011)
- 113households
- 43.5%literacy
- 854116PIN code

## Ganganagar PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Ganganagar is 854116.** Ganganagar falls in Pranpur sub-district, Katihar district, Bihar.

- PIN code854116
- Gram panchayatGauripur
- Community development blockPranpur
- Census village code225400

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

## How far is Ganganagar from nearby towns?

- Pranpur (sub-district HQ)11 km by road
- Katihar (district HQ)31 km by road
- Katihar (nearest town)31 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 Ganganagar?

4 services counted by the Census are inside Ganganagar; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Maniknagar
- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Katihar
- ○Degree college10+ km · Durgapur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Katihar
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tanks / ponds

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 Ganganagar known for?

The main crops are **paddy, maize and jute**. About 83% of the 45 hectares of village land is sown, and 21 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 Ganganagar

Of every 100 households in Ganganagar in 2011, 1 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 10 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ganganagar · ■ Pranpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**3%

Toilet within the home ****15%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**87%

Tap water ****2%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****29%**

**45%

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

**1%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****24%**

**25%

Television ****0%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****10%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****32%**

**40%

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 Ganganagar?

■ Ganganagar · ■ Pranpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****43.5%**

**52.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****978**

**924

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1111**

**959

Working population ****27.5%**

**35.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 44.1% for men and 42.9% for women. 53% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 61 (35%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 1 (1%) · **■** Marginal 113 (64%)

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 Pranpur

- Bisare718 people
- Piritnagar702 people
- Harphara688 people
- Rahar671 people
- Mahadeonagar618 people
- Parsa601 people
- Lakhpura579 people
- Kahata578 people

[All 85 villages in Pranpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/katihar/pranpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Ganganagar?854116
- How far is Ganganagar from Katihar?31 km by road
- What is the population of Ganganagar?641 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ganganagar in?Katihar district (Pranpur sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Ganganagar?43.5% (Census 2011)