# Kurhwa Village, Kalyanpur, Samastipur (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Kalyanpur, Samastipur 

# Kurhwa

Kurhwa is a village in Kalyanpur sub-district of Samastipur district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **4,684 people in 961 households**, the 20th largest of 130 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 59.2%.

- 4,684people (2011)
- 961households
- 56.1%literacy
- 910females per 1,000 males

## Kurhwa PIN code and other codes

Kurhwa falls in Kalyanpur sub-district, Samastipur district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatKurhwa
- Community development blockKalyanpur
- Census village code236233

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

## How far is Kurhwa from nearby towns?

- Kalyanpur (sub-district HQ)4 km by road
- Samastipur (district HQ)14 km by road
- Samastipur (nearest town)14 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 Kurhwa?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Commercial bankIn village
- ●Cooperative bankIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Samastipur
- ○Degree college10+ km · Samastipur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Samastipur
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- 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 Kurhwa known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 80% of the 223 hectares of village land is sown, and 171 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 Kurhwa

Of every 100 households in Kurhwa in 2011, 8 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Kurhwa · ■ Kalyanpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**10%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**84%

Tap water ****3%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****31%**

**43%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**94%

Use banking services ****52%**

**51%

Television ****6%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

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

**29%

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 Kurhwa?

■ Kurhwa · ■ Kalyanpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.1%**

**59.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****910**

**936

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****912**

**937

Working population ****26.0%**

**31.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.5% for men and 48.0% for women. 43% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 204 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 598 (49%) · **■** Household industry 17 (1%) · **■** Other work 177 (15%) · **■** Marginal 222 (18%)

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 Kalyanpur

- Purkhotimpur5,060 people
- Bakhtiarpur5,056 people
- Basdeopur5,054 people
- Belsandi4,921 people
- Kalaunjar4,547 people
- Namapur4,388 people
- Kalyanpur4,387 people
- Khajuri4,148 people

[All 152 villages in Kalyanpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/samastipur/kalyanpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Kurhwa from Samastipur?14 km by road
- What is the population of Kurhwa?4,684 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kurhwa in?Samastipur district (Kalyanpur sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Kurhwa?56.1% (Census 2011)