# Katharwa Village, Sidhaw, Pashchim Champaran (Bihar)

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Village · Sidhaw, Pashchim Champaran 

# Katharwa

Katharwa is a village in Sidhaw sub-district of Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **962 people in 183 households**, the 127th largest of 159 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 52.0%.

- 962people (2011)
- 183households
- 64.9%literacy
- 988females per 1,000 males

## Katharwa PIN code and other codes

Katharwa falls in Sidhaw sub-district, Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatMahuawa Kathrwa
- Community development blockSidhaw
- Census village code216022

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

## How far is Katharwa from nearby towns?

- Sidhaw (sub-district HQ)24 km by road
- Bettiah (district HQ)89 km by road
- Bagha (nearest town)18 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 Katharwa?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Katharwa; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●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 · Bagha
- ○Degree college10+ km · Bagha
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bettiah
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 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 Katharwa known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 90% of the 161 hectares of village land is sown, and 124 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 Katharwa

Of every 100 households in Katharwa in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Katharwa · ■ Sidhaw rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**12%

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

**8%

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

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****32%**

**49%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**99%

Use banking services ****65%**

**34%

Television ****4%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**23%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Katharwa?

■ Katharwa · ■ Sidhaw rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.9%**

**52.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****988**

**934

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1524**

**969

Working population ****73.4%**

**48.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.9% for men and 56.0% for women. 74% of men and 73% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 67 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 193 (27%) · **■** Other work 39 (6%) · **■** Marginal 407 (58%)

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 Sidhaw

- Bindauliya985 people
- Chamwalia983 people
- Amhat980 people
- Barwa972 people
- PandarKhap952 people
- Bhitaha922 people
- Maghariya905 people
- Karmaha886 people

[All 175 villages in Sidhaw](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/pashchim-champaran/sidhaw/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Katharwa from Bettiah?89 km by road
- What is the population of Katharwa?962 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Katharwa in?Pashchim Champaran district (Sidhaw sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Katharwa?64.9% (Census 2011)