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

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Village · Salkhua, Saharsa 

# Kuchaut

Kuchaut is a village in Salkhua sub-district of Saharsa district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,331 people in 275 households**, the 31st largest of 39 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 41.0%.

- 1,331people (2011)
- 275households
- 61.4%literacy
- 923females per 1,000 males

## Kuchaut PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatSamhar Khurd
- Community development blockSalkhua
- Census village code226683

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

## How far is Kuchaut from nearby towns?

- Salkhua (sub-district HQ)3 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 Kuchaut?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Kuchaut; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Saharsa
- ○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 stationunder 5 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, canal / river and tanks / ponds

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 Kuchaut known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 41% of the 773 hectares of village land is sown, and 182 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 Kuchaut

Of every 100 households in Kuchaut in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 71 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kuchaut · ■ Salkhua rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**7%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**90%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****21%**

**23%

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

**0%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****39%**

**25%

Television ****2%**

**4%

Mobile phone ****71%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**43%

Own their home ****86%**

**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 Kuchaut?

■ Kuchaut · ■ Salkhua rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.4%**

**41.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****923**

**899

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1035**

**947

Working population ****49.5%**

**36.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 65.7% for men and 56.5% for women. 48% of men and 51% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 224 (34%) · **■** Farm labourers 106 (16%) · **■** Other work 12 (2%) · **■** Marginal 317 (48%)

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

- Raingnian1,634 people
- Kamra1,564 people
- Bhirkhi1,444 people
- Basahi1,351 people
- Sauthi1,248 people
- Banganwan1,033 people
- Samhar Kalan874 people
- Sahoria641 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Kuchaut from Saharsa?30 km by road
- What is the population of Kuchaut?1,331 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kuchaut in?Saharsa district (Salkhua sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Kuchaut?61.4% (Census 2011)