Village · Salkhua, Saharsa
# Kathghara

Kathghara is a village in Salkhua sub-district of Saharsa district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted 2,160 people in 394 households, the 21st largest of 39 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 48.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 41.0%.
- 2,160 people (2011)
- 394 households
- 48.6% literacy
- 915 females per 1,000 males

## Kathghara PIN code and other codes

Kathghara falls in Salkhua sub-district, Saharsa district, Bihar.
- Gram panchayat Chanan
- Community development block Salkhua
- Census village code 226645

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## How far is Kathghara from nearby towns?
- Salkhua (sub-district HQ) 14 km by road
- Saharsa (district HQ) 31 km by road
- Saharsa (nearest town) 31 km by road

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## What facilities are there in Kathghara?

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

### In the village
- ● Primary school In village · 1 govt
- ● Middle school In village · 1 govt
- ● Secondary school In village · 1 govt
- ● Health sub-centre In village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ● Pucca (black-topped) road In village
- ● All-weather road In village
- ● Ration (PDS) shop In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village
- ● Polling station In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school 10+ km · Sahrsa
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Saharsa
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Pachepura
- ○ Primary health centre 10+ km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km
- ○ Dispensary 10+ km
- ○ Post office 10+ km
- ○ Public bus service 10+ km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ ATM 10+ km
- ○ Commercial bank 10+ km
- ○ Mandi / regular market 10+ km
- ○ Public library 5–10 km

### Water and power
- Drinking water hand pumps, canal / river and tanks / ponds

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Kathghara known for?

The main crops are paddy. About 56% of the 223 hectares of village land is sown, and 75 hectares are irrigated.

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## Homes and amenities in Kathghara

Of every 100 households in Kathghara in 2011, 0 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kathghara · ■ Salkhua rural average
- Electricity for lighting 0% 7%
- Toilet within the home 11% 8%
- No toilet (open defecation) 89% 90%
- Tap water 0% 2%
- Drinking water within premises 40% 23%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 0%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 98%
- Use banking services 53% 25%
- Television 1% 4%
- Mobile phone 54% 44%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 2% 3%
- Car / jeep / van 1% 1%
- None of these assets 32% 43%
- Own their home 99% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Kathghara?

■ Kathghara · ■ Salkhua rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 48.6% 41.0%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 915 899
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 857 947
- Working population 32.6% 36.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.1% for men and 33.1% for women. 48% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 151 (21%) · ■ Farm labourers 233 (33%) · ■ Household industry 10 (1%) · ■ Other work 36 (5%) · ■ Marginal 274 (39%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Salkhua
- Khochardewa 2,872 people
- Bankatti 2,475 people
- Bhelwa 2,235 people
- Samhar Khurd 2,172 people
- Shahganwan 2,019 people
- Puraini 1,921 people
- Gauri 1,919 people
- Kabirpur 1,784 people

All 43 villages in Salkhua

## Quick answers
- How far is Kathghara from Saharsa? 31 km by road
- What is the population of Kathghara? 2,160 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kathghara in? Saharsa district (Salkhua sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Kathghara? 48.6% (Census 2011)

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