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

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Village · Kasba, Purnia 

# Tikapur

Tikapur is a village in Kasba sub-district of Purnia district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,570 people in 313 households**, the 37th largest of 59 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 46.7%.

- 1,570people (2011)
- 313households
- 64.3%literacy
- 908females per 1,000 males

## Tikapur PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatMohani
- Community development blockKasba
- Census village code223575

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

## How far is Tikapur from nearby towns?

- Kasba (sub-district HQ)8 km by road
- Purnia (district HQ)18 km by road
- Kasba (nearest town)8 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 Tikapur?

11 services counted by the Census are inside Tikapur; 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
- ●Commercial bankIn village
- ●Cooperative bankIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Garbnaili
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Kasba
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Purnia
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)10 h summer · 4 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 Tikapur known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 68% of the 140 hectares of village land is sown, and 54 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 Tikapur

Of every 100 households in Tikapur in 2011, 24 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Tikapur · ■ Kasba rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**15%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****74%**

**89%

Tap water ****2%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****38%**

**50%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****87%**

**97%

Use banking services ****30%**

**19%

Television ****20%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****27%**

**30%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Tikapur?

■ Tikapur · ■ Kasba rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.3%**

**46.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****908**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****840**

**965

Working population ****31.1%**

**31.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.1% for men and 57.0% for women. 43% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 27 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 258 (53%) · **■** Household industry 12 (2%) · **■** Other work 49 (10%) · **■** Marginal 143 (29%)

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

- Gargata Narharia1,835 people
- Lalharia1,789 people
- Bishunpur1,662 people
- Deari1,571 people
- Saraunchia1,510 people
- Saraunchia1,416 people
- Kanwapara1,388 people
- Pakaria1,305 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Tikapur from Purnia?18 km by road
- What is the population of Tikapur?1,570 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tikapur in?Purnia district (Kasba sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Tikapur?64.3% (Census 2011)