# Kataharia Village, Narkatia, Purba Champaran (Bihar)

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Village · Narkatia, Purba Champaran 

# Kataharia

Kataharia is a village in Narkatia sub-district of Purba Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,202 people in 251 households**, the 41st largest of 51 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 49.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 57.2%.

- 1,202people (2011)
- 251households
- 49.5%literacy
- 827females per 1,000 males

## Kataharia PIN code and other codes

Kataharia falls in Narkatia sub-district, Purba Champaran district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatJuaafar
- Community development blockNarkatia
- Census village code217745

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

## How far is Kataharia from nearby towns?

- Narkatia (sub-district HQ)14 km by road
- Motihari (district HQ)20 km by road
- Motihari (nearest town)20 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 Kataharia?

11 services counted by the Census are inside Kataharia; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Choragouna
- ○Degree college10+ km · Raxaul
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Motihari
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes

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 Kataharia known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 62% of the 170 hectares of village land is sown, and 26 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 Kataharia

Of every 100 households in Kataharia in 2011, 1 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kataharia · ■ Narkatia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**2%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**88%

Tap water ****49%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**37%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**97%

Use banking services ****10%**

**30%

Television ****0%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**19%

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 Kataharia?

■ Kataharia · ■ Narkatia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****49.5%**

**57.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****827**

**905

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****923**

**919

Working population ****25.7%**

**34.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.7% for men and 31.8% for women. 46% of men and 1% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 2 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 291 (94%) · **■** Other work 12 (4%) · **■** Marginal 4 (1%)

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 Narkatia

- Jainagar1,609 people
- Katkenwa1,602 people
- Gonahi1,538 people
- Hanuman nagar1,334 people
- Dharam Nagar1,178 people
- Tola Banjari1,003 people
- Malahi953 people
- Baijnathpur913 people

[All 54 villages in Narkatia](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/purba-champaran/narkatia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Kataharia from Motihari?20 km by road
- What is the population of Kataharia?1,202 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kataharia in?Purba Champaran district (Narkatia sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Kataharia?49.5% (Census 2011)