# Kotwalia Village, Salkhua, Saharsa (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Salkhua, Saharsa 

# Kotwalia

Kotwalia is a village in Salkhua sub-district of Saharsa district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **4,435 people in 790 households**, the 12th largest of 39 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 44.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 41.0%.

- 4,435people (2011)
- 790households
- 44.0%literacy
- 882females per 1,000 males

## Kotwalia PIN code and other codes

Kotwalia falls in Salkhua sub-district, Saharsa district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatSituaha
- Community development blockSalkhua
- Census village code226678

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

## How far is Kotwalia from nearby towns?

- Salkhua (sub-district HQ)14 km by road
- Saharsa (district HQ)30 km by road
- Saharsa (nearest town)30 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 Kotwalia?

6 services counted by the Census are inside Kotwalia; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Sahrsa
- ○Degree college10+ km · Saharsa
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Saharsa
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)4 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 Kotwalia known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 63% of the 593 hectares of village land is sown, and 116 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 Kotwalia

Of every 100 households in Kotwalia in 2011, 0 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 65 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kotwalia · ■ Salkhua rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**7%

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

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**90%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**23%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**98%

Use banking services ****40%**

**25%

Television ****1%**

**4%

Mobile phone ****65%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****30%**

**43%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Kotwalia?

■ Kotwalia · ■ Salkhua rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****44.0%**

**41.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****882**

**899

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****981**

**947

Working population ****27.4%**

**36.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 57.6% for men and 28.2% for women. 48% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 350 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 456 (37%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 46 (4%) · **■** Marginal 364 (30%)

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 Salkhua

- Chiraia5,254 people
- Haransari4,939 people
- Situahi4,554 people
- Gauspur4,501 people
- Mamarkha4,150 people
- Sahuria4,003 people
- Chanan3,958 people
- Gurganwan3,867 people

[All 43 villages in Salkhua](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/saharsa/salkhua/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Kotwalia from Saharsa?30 km by road
- What is the population of Kotwalia?4,435 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kotwalia in?Saharsa district (Salkhua sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Kotwalia?44.0% (Census 2011)