# Baih Katta Village, Shekhopur Sarai, Sheikhpura (Bihar)

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Village · Shekhopur Sarai, Sheikhpura 

# Baih Katta

Baih Katta is a village in Shekhopur Sarai sub-district of Sheikhpura district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **658 people in 114 households**, the 22nd largest of 26 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 46.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.

- 658people (2011)
- 114households
- 46.7%literacy
- 774females per 1,000 males

## Baih Katta PIN code and other codes

Baih Katta falls in Shekhopur Sarai sub-district, Sheikhpura district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatNimi
- Community development blockShekhopur Sarai
- Census village code243886

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

## How far is Baih Katta from nearby towns?

- Shekhopur Sarai (sub-district HQ)7 km by road
- Sheikhpura (district HQ)16 km by road
- Barbigha (nearest town)10 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 Baih Katta?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Nimi
- ○Degree college10+ km · Barbigha
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Shekhopur Sarai
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river

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 Baih Katta known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 78% of the 83 hectares of village land is sown, and 60 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 Baih Katta

Of every 100 households in Baih Katta in 2011, 0 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 77 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Baih Katta · ■ Shekhopur Sarai rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**9%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**67%

Tap water ****5%**

**4%

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

**43%

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

**3%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****54%**

**44%

Television ****5%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****77%**

**59%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****5%**

**30%

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 Baih Katta?

■ Baih Katta · ■ Shekhopur Sarai rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****46.7%**

**70.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****774**

**918

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****800**

**923

Working population ****51.2%**

**37.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 57.8% for men and 32.2% for women. 47% of men and 56% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 1 (0%) · **■** Farm labourers 9 (3%) · **■** Other work 6 (2%) · **■** Marginal 321 (95%)

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 Shekhopur Sarai

- Rahincha940 people
- Mian Bigha876 people
- Khuria773 people
- Haidar Chak697 people
- Mohsimpur529 people
- Ahmadpur471 people
- Mohammadpur Nimi352 people
- Subhanpur Kaseri Chak246 people

[All 30 villages in Shekhopur Sarai](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/sheikhpura/shekhopur-sarai/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Baih Katta from Sheikhpura?16 km by road
- What is the population of Baih Katta?658 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baih Katta in?Sheikhpura district (Shekhopur Sarai sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Baih Katta?46.7% (Census 2011)