# Kanwapara Village, Kasba, Purnia (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Kasba, Purnia 

# Kanwapara

Kanwapara is a village in Kasba sub-district of Purnia district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,388 people in 317 households**, the 40th largest of 59 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 45.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 46.7%.

- 1,388people (2011)
- 317households
- 45.3%literacy
- 960females per 1,000 males

## Kanwapara PIN code and other codes

Kanwapara falls in Kasba sub-district, Purnia district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatKula Khas
- Community development blockKasba
- Census village code223595

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

## How far is Kanwapara from nearby towns?

- Kasba (sub-district HQ)3 km by road
- Purnia (district HQ)13 km by road
- Kasba (nearest town)3 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 Kanwapara?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Kanwapara; 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
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Kasba
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Kasba
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Purnia
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)4 h summer · 6 h winter

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 Kanwapara known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 69% of the 271 hectares of village land is sown, and 120 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 Kanwapara

Of every 100 households in Kanwapara in 2011, 5 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 1 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Kanwapara · ■ Kasba rural average

Electricity for lighting ****5%**

**15%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**89%

Tap water ****1%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****34%**

**50%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****0%**

**19%

Television ****5%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****1%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**30%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Kanwapara?

■ Kanwapara · ■ Kasba rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****45.3%**

**46.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****960**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****940**

**965

Working population ****58.3%**

**31.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 53.9% for men and 36.4% for women. 60% of men and 57% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 14 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 661 (82%) · **■** Household industry 12 (1%) · **■** Other work 63 (8%) · **■** Marginal 59 (7%)

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 Kasba

- Deari1,571 people
- Tikapur1,570 people
- Saraunchia1,510 people
- Saraunchia1,416 people
- Pakaria1,305 people
- Jalkar1,191 people
- Sara Bathana1,151 people
- Phul Banaili1,142 people

[All 61 villages in Kasba](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/purnia/kasba/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Kanwapara from Purnia?13 km by road
- What is the population of Kanwapara?1,388 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanwapara in?Purnia district (Kasba sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Kanwapara?45.3% (Census 2011)