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

## Kumhiya Kalan PIN code and other codes

Kumhiya Kalan falls in Ramnagar sub-district, Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar.
- Gram panchayat Gudgudi
- Community development block Ramnagar
- Census village code 216211

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## 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.

## 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 school In village · 1 govt
- ● Pucca (black-topped) road In village
- ● All-weather road In village
- ● Ration (PDS) shop In village
- ● Mandi / regular market In village
- ● Community centre In village
- ● Polling station In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school 10+ km · Ramnagar
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Ramnagar
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Bettiah
- ○ Primary health centre 10+ km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km
- ○ Dispensary 10+ km
- ○ Post office 10+ km
- ○ Public bus service 10+ km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ ATM 10+ km
- ○ Commercial bank 10+ km
- ○ Public library 10+ km

### Water and power
- Drinking water hand pumps and canal / river

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

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.

## 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).

## 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.

## Other villages of similar size in Ramnagar
- Pakri 1,313 people
- Hardia 1,303 people
- Siswa 1,286 people
- Chargharwa 1,256 people
- Nautanwa 1,222 people
- Narkatia 1,217 people
- Gardi 1,202 people
- Lakhankhor 1,200 people

All 152 villages in Ramnagar

## 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)

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