# Kasba Village, Surajgarha, Lakhisarai (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Surajgarha, Lakhisarai 

# Kasba

Kasba is a village in Surajgarha sub-district of Lakhisarai district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **3,848 people in 618 households**, the 24th largest of 117 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.1%.

- 3,848people (2011)
- 618households
- 73.3%literacy
- 856females per 1,000 males

## Kasba PIN code and other codes

Kasba falls in Surajgarha sub-district, Lakhisarai district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatKaswa, Maheshpur
- Community development blockSurajgarha
- Census village code243456

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

## How far is Kasba from nearby towns?

- Surajgarha (sub-district HQ)28 km by road
- Lakhisarai (district HQ)48 km by road
- Lakhisarai (nearest town)48 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 Kasba?

13 services counted by the Census are inside Kasba; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Railway stationIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Piri Bazar
- ○Degree college10+ km · Munger
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Munger
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watercovered wells, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)12 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 Kasba known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 90% of the 635 hectares of village land is sown, and 49 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 Kasba

Of every 100 households in Kasba in 2011, 4 had electricity, 35 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 68 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kasba · ■ Surajgarha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****4%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****35%**

**34%

No toilet (open defecation) ****65%**

**64%

Tap water ****3%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****54%**

**41%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**92%

Use banking services ****62%**

**65%

Television ****15%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****68%**

**60%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****25%**

**27%

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 Kasba?

■ Kasba · ■ Surajgarha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.3%**

**63.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****856**

**883

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****833**

**919

Working population ****39.4%**

**31.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.0% for men and 64.2% for women. 51% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 232 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 229 (15%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 280 (18%) · **■** Marginal 772 (51%)

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 Surajgarha

- Manikpur4,181 people
- Toralpur4,041 people
- Amarpur3,932 people
- Bherha3,860 people
- Chora3,669 people
- Tajpur Doghra3,594 people
- Bansipur3,537 people
- Mano3,526 people

[All 184 villages in Surajgarha](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/lakhisarai/surajgarha/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Kasba from Lakhisarai?48 km by road
- What is the population of Kasba?3,848 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kasba in?Lakhisarai district (Surajgarha sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Kasba?73.3% (Census 2011)