# Kosiawan Village, Ekangarsarai, Nalanda (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Ekangarsarai, Nalanda 

# Kosiawan

Kosiawan is a village in Ekangarsarai sub-district of Nalanda district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **3,903 people in 665 households**, the 8th largest of 88 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 3,903people (2011)
- 665households
- 67.6%literacy
- 915females per 1,000 males

## Kosiawan PIN code and other codes

Kosiawan falls in Ekangarsarai sub-district, Nalanda district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatKosiawan
- Community development blockEkangarsarai
- Census village code244827

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

## How far is Kosiawan from nearby towns?

- Ekangarsarai (sub-district HQ)4 km by road
- Biharsharif (district HQ)35 km by road
- Biharsharif (nearest town)35 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 Kosiawan?

18 services counted by the Census are inside Kosiawan; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Railway stationIn village
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Commercial bankIn village
- ●Cooperative bankIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Ekangsarai
- ○Degree college10+ km · Hilsa
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Hilsa
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps

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 Kosiawan known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 74% of the 279 hectares of village land is sown, and 190 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 Kosiawan

Of every 100 households in Kosiawan in 2011, 4 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Kosiawan · ■ Ekangarsarai rural average

Electricity for lighting ****4%**

**18%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**75%

Tap water ****1%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**47%

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

**5%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****42%**

**58%

Television ****9%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**59%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

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

**27%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Kosiawan?

■ Kosiawan · ■ Ekangarsarai rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.6%**

**68.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****915**

**916

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****872**

**915

Working population ****35.1%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.5% for men and 52.6% for women. 45% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 25 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 759 (55%) · **■** Household industry 16 (1%) · **■** Other work 238 (17%) · **■** Marginal 332 (24%)

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 Ekangarsarai

- Dhurgaon6,072 people
- Mandachh5,352 people
- Aungari5,261 people
- Jamuawan3,974 people
- Dhanhar3,824 people
- Mundipur3,749 people
- Daniawan Paindapur3,271 people
- Amnar Khas3,203 people

[All 89 villages in Ekangarsarai](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/nalanda/ekangarsarai/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Kosiawan from Biharsharif?35 km by road
- What is the population of Kosiawan?3,903 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kosiawan in?Nalanda district (Ekangarsarai sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Kosiawan?67.6% (Census 2011)