# Darawan Village, Kawakol, Nawada (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Kawakol, Nawada 

# Darawan

Darawan is a village in Kawakol sub-district of Nawada district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **4,333 people in 668 households**, the 11th largest of 46 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 51.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 47.1%.

- 4,333people (2011)
- 668households
- 51.7%literacy
- 968females per 1,000 males

## Darawan PIN code and other codes

Darawan falls in Kawakol sub-district, Nawada district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatDarawa
- Community development blockKawakol
- Census village code257743

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

## How far is Darawan from nearby towns?

- Kawakol (sub-district HQ)8 km by road
- Nawada (district HQ)35 km by road
- Nawada (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 Darawan?

16 services counted by the Census are inside Darawan; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 2 govt · 1 private
- ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 2 govt · 1 private
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●TB clinicIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Degree college10+ km · Nawada
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Nawada
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ 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 Darawan known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 39% of the 372 hectares of village land is sown, and 118 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 Darawan

Of every 100 households in Darawan in 2011, 5 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 63 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Darawan · ■ Kawakol rural average

Electricity for lighting ****5%**

**1%

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

**17%

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

**82%

Tap water ****2%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****43%**

**44%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****84%**

**95%

Use banking services ****45%**

**33%

Television ****10%**

**5%

Mobile phone ****63%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

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

**1%

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

**40%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Darawan?

■ Darawan · ■ Kawakol rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****51.7%**

**47.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****968**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****937**

**928

Working population ****41.6%**

**35.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.0% for men and 40.2% for women. 47% of men and 36% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 134 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 418 (23%) · **■** Household industry 53 (3%) · **■** Other work 120 (7%) · **■** Marginal 1,078 (60%)

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 Kawakol

- Paharpur6,310 people
- Lalpur5,745 people
- Nawadih5,692 people
- Kharsari5,021 people
- Kewali3,930 people
- Chhabail3,739 people
- Kadahar3,523 people
- Pali3,359 people

[All 48 villages in Kawakol](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/nawada/kawakol/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Darawan from Nawada?35 km by road
- What is the population of Darawan?4,333 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Darawan in?Nawada district (Kawakol sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Darawan?51.7% (Census 2011)