# Kumhiya Kalan Village, Ramnagar, Pashchim Champaran (Bihar)

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Village · Ramnagar, Pashchim Champaran 

# Kumhiya Kalan

Kumhiya Kalan is a village in Ramnagar sub-district of Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,246 people in 243 households**, the 59th largest of 125 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 37.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 52.7%.

- 1,246people (2011)
- 243households
- 37.9%literacy
- 865females per 1,000 males

## Kumhiya Kalan PIN code and other codes

Kumhiya Kalan falls in Ramnagar sub-district, Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatGudgudi
- Community development blockRamnagar
- Census village code216211

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

## How far is Kumhiya Kalan from nearby towns?

- Ramnagar (sub-district HQ)15 km by road
- Bettiah (district HQ)60 km by road
- Ramnagar (nearest town)15 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 Kumhiya Kalan?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Kumhiya Kalan; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Ramnagar
- ○Degree college10+ km · Ramnagar
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bettiah
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ 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 Kumhiya Kalan known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 83% of the 310 hectares of village land is sown, and 100 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 Kumhiya Kalan

Of every 100 households in Kumhiya Kalan in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kumhiya Kalan · ■ Ramnagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**6%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**88%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****90%**

**54%

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

**1%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****54%**

**40%

Television ****3%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**41%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****23%**

**28%

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 Kumhiya Kalan?

■ Kumhiya Kalan · ■ Ramnagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****37.9%**

**52.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****865**

**929

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****811**

**981

Working population ****53.6%**

**41.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 48.6% for men and 25.8% for women. 54% of men and 53% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 113 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 382 (57%) · **■** Other work 2 (0%) · **■** Marginal 171 (26%)

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 Ramnagar

- Pakri1,313 people
- Hardia1,303 people
- Siswa1,286 people
- Chargharwa1,256 people
- Nautanwa1,222 people
- Narkatia1,217 people
- Gardi1,202 people
- Lakhankhor1,200 people

[All 152 villages in Ramnagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/pashchim-champaran/ramnagar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Kumhiya Kalan from Bettiah?60 km by road
- What is the population of Kumhiya Kalan?1,246 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kumhiya Kalan in?Pashchim Champaran district (Ramnagar sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Kumhiya Kalan?37.9% (Census 2011)