# Kaurna Village, Sursand, Sitamarhi (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Sursand, Sitamarhi 

# Kaurna

Kaurna is a village in Sursand sub-district of Sitamarhi district, Bihar, PIN code **843331**. The 2011 Census counted **2,794 people in 682 households**, the 24th largest of 52 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 52.4%.

- 2,794people (2011)
- 682households
- 59.3%literacy
- 843331PIN code

## Kaurna PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kaurna is 843331.** Kaurna falls in Sursand sub-district, Sitamarhi district, Bihar.

- PIN code843331
- Gram panchayatBirrakh
- Community development blockSursand
- Census village code219234

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

## How far is Kaurna from nearby towns?

- Sursand (sub-district HQ)9 km by road
- Sitamarhi (district HQ)35 km by road
- Sitamarhi (nearest town)35 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 Kaurna?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Kaurna; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Sutihara Ram
- ○Degree college10+ km · Sursand
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Sitamarhi
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)4 h summer · 6 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 Kaurna known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 77% of the 386 hectares of village land is sown, and 110 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 Kaurna

Of every 100 households in Kaurna in 2011, 34 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kaurna · ■ Sursand rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**15%

Toilet within the home ****15%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**79%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****30%**

**30%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**94%

Use banking services ****30%**

**28%

Television ****3%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**41%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****36%**

**32%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Kaurna?

■ Kaurna · ■ Sursand rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.3%**

**52.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****892**

**909

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****786**

**927

Working population ****40.2%**

**34.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.0% for men and 50.8% for women. 52% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 215 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 262 (23%) · **■** Household industry 18 (2%) · **■** Other work 27 (2%) · **■** Marginal 601 (54%)

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 Sursand

- Makunahia3,341 people
- Birpur3,217 people
- Jawahirpur3,150 people
- Simiahi3,053 people
- Maruki2,758 people
- Amana2,731 people
- Bara2,700 people
- Piprarhi2,669 people

[All 53 villages in Sursand](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/sitamarhi/sursand/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kaurna?843331
- How far is Kaurna from Sitamarhi?35 km by road
- What is the population of Kaurna?2,794 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kaurna in?Sitamarhi district (Sursand sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Kaurna?59.3% (Census 2011)