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

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Village · Kashi Chak, Nawada 

# Uprawan

Uprawan is a village in Kashi Chak sub-district of Nawada district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,811 people in 224 households**, the 13th largest of 27 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 54.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 63.6%.

- 1,811people (2011)
- 224households
- 54.8%literacy
- 929females per 1,000 males

## Uprawan PIN code and other codes

Uprawan falls in Kashi Chak sub-district, Nawada district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatBirnanwan
- Community development blockKashi Chak
- Census village code257648

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

## How far is Uprawan from nearby towns?

- Kashi Chak (sub-district HQ)8 km by road
- Nawada (district HQ)43 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 Uprawan?

14 services counted by the Census are inside Uprawan; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Railway stationIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Chandinaba
- ○Degree college10+ km · Nawada
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Nawada
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes 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 Uprawan known for?

The main crops are **paddy, wheat and maize**. About 80% of the 270 hectares of village land is sown, and 155 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 Uprawan

Of every 100 households in Uprawan in 2011, 0 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 61 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Uprawan · ■ Kashi Chak rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**1%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**76%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****57%**

**39%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**91%

Use banking services ****32%**

**34%

Television ****4%**

**4%

Mobile phone ****61%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****33%**

**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 Uprawan?

■ Uprawan · ■ Kashi Chak rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****54.8%**

**63.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****929**

**908

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****875**

**921

Working population ****44.1%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.3% for men and 39.4% for women. 53% of men and 35% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 278 (35%) · **■** Farm labourers 206 (26%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 11 (1%) · **■** Marginal 298 (37%)

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

- Bauri3,341 people
- Maharath3,004 people
- Dhanpur2,381 people
- Bazidpur2,097 people
- Sarkatti1,745 people
- Subhanpur1,459 people
- Nepura1,411 people
- Daula Chak1,219 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Uprawan from Nawada?43 km by road
- What is the population of Uprawan?1,811 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Uprawan in?Nawada district (Kashi Chak sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Uprawan?54.8% (Census 2011)