# Kosthua Village, Kashi Chak, Nawada (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Kashi Chak, Nawada 

# Kosthua

Kosthua is a village in Kashi Chak sub-district of Nawada district, Bihar, PIN code **805130**. The 2011 Census counted **721 people in 153 households**, the 22nd largest of 27 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 38.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 63.6%.

- 721people (2011)
- 153households
- 38.1%literacy
- 805130PIN code

## Kosthua PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kosthua is 805130.** Kosthua falls in Kashi Chak sub-district, Nawada district, Bihar.

- PIN code805130
- Gram panchayatChandi Nuwan
- Community development blockKashi Chak
- Census village code257658

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

## How far is Kosthua from nearby towns?

- Kashi Chak (sub-district HQ)4 km by road
- Nawada (district HQ)38 km by road
- Warisaliganj (nearest town)12 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 Kosthua?

6 services counted by the Census are inside Kosthua; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Chandinoba
- ○Degree college10+ km · Barlishganj
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Nawada
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and canal / river

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 Kosthua known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 75% of the 111 hectares of village land is sown, and 52 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 Kosthua

Of every 100 households in Kosthua in 2011, 0 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kosthua · ■ Kashi Chak rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**1%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**76%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****34%**

**39%

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

**2%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****22%**

**34%

Television ****2%**

**4%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****68%**

**40%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Kosthua?

■ Kosthua · ■ Kashi Chak rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****38.1%**

**63.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1127**

**908

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1028**

**921

Working population ****42.9%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 50.2% for men and 27.6% for women. 53% of men and 34% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 48 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 38 (12%) · **■** Other work 22 (7%) · **■** Marginal 201 (65%)

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 Kashi Chak

- Bhagwatpur992 people
- Dewan Bigha927 people
- Pali887 people
- Dihri733 people
- Dhota655 people
- Shakarganj631 people
- Sumbha537 people
- Pojh346 people

[All 33 villages in Kashi Chak](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/nawada/kashi-chak/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kosthua?805130
- How far is Kosthua from Nawada?38 km by road
- What is the population of Kosthua?721 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kosthua in?Nawada district (Kashi Chak sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Kosthua?38.1% (Census 2011)