# Kosari Village, Ekma, Saran (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Ekma, Saran 

# Kosari

Kosari is a village in Ekma sub-district of Saran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **2,771 people in 477 households**, the 21st largest of 92 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.0%.

- 2,771people (2011)
- 477households
- 73.6%literacy
- 998females per 1,000 males

## Kosari PIN code and other codes

Kosari falls in Ekma sub-district, Saran district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatFuchti Kala
- Community development blockEkma
- Census village code233323

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

## How far is Kosari from nearby towns?

- Ekma (sub-district HQ)9 km by road
- Chhapra (district HQ)45 km by road
- Chapra (nearest town)44 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 Kosari?

13 services counted by the Census are inside Kosari; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 3 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Parsagarh
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Ekma
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Maraurah
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watercovered wells, hand 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 Kosari known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 52% of the 240 hectares of village land is sown, and 120 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 Kosari

Of every 100 households in Kosari in 2011, 2 had electricity, 27 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 87 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Kosari · ■ Ekma rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**8%

Toilet within the home ****27%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****73%**

**78%

Tap water ****1%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****71%**

**68%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**93%

Use banking services ****83%**

**68%

Television ****17%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****87%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**12%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****6%**

**15%

Own their home ****98%**

**99%

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 Kosari?

■ Kosari · ■ Ekma rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.6%**

**71.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****998**

**986

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****833**

**925

Working population ****22.7%**

**23.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.1% for men and 62.4% for women. 43% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 159 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (0%) · **■** Household industry 17 (3%) · **■** Other work 93 (15%) · **■** Marginal 357 (57%)

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 Ekma

- Nawada3,266 people
- Husepur3,245 people
- Bhodsa2,941 people
- Benaut2,776 people
- Chan Chaura2,741 people
- Ghaziapur2,573 people
- Rith2,487 people
- Dewpura2,473 people

[All 93 villages in Ekma](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/saran/ekma/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Kosari from Chhapra?45 km by road
- What is the population of Kosari?2,771 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kosari in?Saran district (Ekma sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Kosari?73.6% (Census 2011)