# Karwania Village, Sasaram, Rohtas (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Sasaram, Rohtas 

# Karwania

Karwania is a village in Sasaram sub-district of Rohtas district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **3,446 people in 596 households**, the 10th largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 71.4%.

- 3,446people (2011)
- 596households
- 71.8%literacy
- 969females per 1,000 males

## Karwania PIN code and other codes

Karwania falls in Sasaram sub-district, Rohtas district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatKarwandiya
- Community development blockSasaram
- Census village code252429

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

## How far is Karwania from nearby towns?

- Sasaram (sub-district HQ)8 km by road
- Sasaram (district HQ)8 km by road
- Sasaram (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 Karwania?

26 services counted by the Census are inside Karwania; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt · 2 private
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 2 doctors
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●TB clinicIn village · 1 · 2 doctors
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Railway stationIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Commercial bankIn village
- ●Cooperative bankIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Degree college10+ km · Raj Pur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Gaya
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○ATM10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)5 h summer · 1 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 Karwania known for?

About 63% of the 131 hectares of village land is sown.

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

## Homes and amenities in Karwania

Of every 100 households in Karwania in 2011, 23 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 9 cooked with LPG; 64 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Karwania · ■ Sasaram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****23%**

**18%

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

**23%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**76%

Tap water ****4%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****83%**

**74%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****9%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****72%**

**89%

Use banking services ****45%**

**55%

Television ****24%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****64%**

**63%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**11%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**2%

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

**20%

Own their home ****97%**

**97%

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 Karwania?

■ Karwania · ■ Sasaram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.8%**

**71.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****969**

**920

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1017**

**927

Working population ****25.5%**

**29.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.7% for men and 63.5% for women. 45% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 53 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 35 (4%) · **■** Household industry 10 (1%) · **■** Other work 571 (65%) · **■** Marginal 210 (24%)

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 Sasaram

- Muradabad kalan4,291 people
- Akasi4,145 people
- Uchitpur3,794 people
- Agrer3,774 people
- Mokar3,409 people
- Mohaddi Ganj3,240 people
- Nahauna3,208 people
- Baradih3,202 people

[All 171 villages in Sasaram](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/rohtas/sasaram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Karwania from Sasaram?8 km by road
- What is the population of Karwania?3,446 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Karwania in?Rohtas district (Sasaram sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Karwania?71.8% (Census 2011)
