# Kast Karam Ali Village, Dighalbank, Kishanganj (Bihar)

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Village · Dighalbank, Kishanganj 

# Kast Karam Ali

Kast Karam Ali is a village in Dighalbank sub-district of Kishanganj district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **151 people in 29 households**, the 78th largest of 80 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 49.4%.

- 151people (2011)
- 29households
- 69.9%literacy
- 888females per 1,000 males

## Kast Karam Ali PIN code and other codes

Kast Karam Ali falls in Dighalbank sub-district, Kishanganj district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatSatkuoa
- Community development blockDighalbank
- Census village code222305

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

## How far is Kast Karam Ali from nearby towns?

- Dighalbank (sub-district HQ)7 km by road
- Kishanganj (district HQ)47 km by road
- Bahadurganj (nearest town)19 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 Kast Karam Ali?

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

### In the village

- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary school5–10 km · Dighalbank
- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Dighalbank
- ○Degree college10+ km · Kishanganj
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Kishanganj
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 10 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 Kast Karam Ali known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 82% of the 95 hectares of village land is sown, and 18 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 Kast Karam Ali

Of every 100 households in Kast Karam Ali in 2011, 28 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kast Karam Ali · ■ Dighalbank rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**9%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**95%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****76%**

**44%

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

**0%

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

**99%

Use banking services ****21%**

**16%

Television ****10%**

**5%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****31%**

**30%

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 Kast Karam Ali?

■ Kast Karam Ali · ■ Dighalbank rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.9%**

**49.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****888**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****556**

**979

Working population ****22.5%**

**32.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.3% for men and 57.4% for women. 40% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 16 (47%) · **■** Farm labourers 14 (41%) · **■** Other work 1 (3%) · **■** Marginal 3 (9%)

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 Dighalbank

- Ikra Milik282 people
- Haruadanga260 people
- Kumarkhod228 people
- Kachunala Milik227 people
- Dargah Aliganj107 people
- Maldangi58 people

[All 81 villages in Dighalbank](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/kishanganj/dighalbank/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Kast Karam Ali from Kishanganj?47 km by road
- What is the population of Kast Karam Ali?151 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kast Karam Ali in?Kishanganj district (Dighalbank sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Kast Karam Ali?69.9% (Census 2011)