# Kewai Village, Islampur, Nalanda (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Islampur, Nalanda 

# Kewai

Kewai is a village in Islampur sub-district of Nalanda district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,172 people in 174 households**, the 58th largest of 91 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.3%.

- 1,172people (2011)
- 174households
- 66.8%literacy
- 963females per 1,000 males

## Kewai PIN code and other codes

Kewai falls in Islampur sub-district, Nalanda district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatDhobidiha
- Community development blockIslampur
- Census village code244957

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

## How far is Kewai from nearby towns?

- Islampur (sub-district HQ)3 km by road
- Biharsharif (district HQ)43 km by road
- Islampur (nearest town)3 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 Kewai?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Kewai; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●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 · Islampur
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Islampur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Hilsa
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)3 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 Kewai known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 79% of the 187 hectares of village land is sown, and 148 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 Kewai

Of every 100 households in Kewai in 2011, 37 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kewai · ■ Islampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****37%**

**8%

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

**19%

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

**79%

Tap water ****2%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****68%**

**49%

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

**3%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****14%**

**46%

Television ****10%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**5%

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

**1%

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

**29%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Kewai?

■ Kewai · ■ Islampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.8%**

**64.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****963**

**918

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****906**

**921

Working population ****49.1%**

**39.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.9% for men and 54.3% for women. 50% of men and 48% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 57 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 255 (44%) · **■** Household industry 93 (16%) · **■** Other work 109 (19%) · **■** Marginal 61 (11%)

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 Islampur

- Korawan1,314 people
- Shekh Ali1,226 people
- Ashrafpur1,224 people
- Makhdumpur1,200 people
- Dariapur1,171 people
- kasmiri Chak1,153 people
- Sarthua Khurd1,136 people
- Mani Chak1,064 people

[All 91 villages in Islampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/nalanda/islampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Kewai from Biharsharif?43 km by road
- What is the population of Kewai?1,172 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kewai in?Nalanda district (Islampur sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Kewai?66.8% (Census 2011)