# Kolhua Village, Siswan, Siwan (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Siswan, Siwan 

# Kolhua

Kolhua is a village in Siswan sub-district of Siwan district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **267 people in 40 households**, the 69th largest of 74 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.5%.

- 267people (2011)
- 40households
- 70.1%literacy
- 804females per 1,000 males

## Kolhua PIN code and other codes

Kolhua falls in Siswan sub-district, Siwan district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatBakhari
- Community development blockSiswan
- Census village code232753

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

## How far is Kolhua from nearby towns?

- Siswan (sub-district HQ)5 km by road
- Siwan (district HQ)26 km by road
- Siwan (nearest town)26 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 Kolhua?

1 services counted by the Census are inside Kolhua; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary school5–10 km · Sonbarsa
- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Dhurapali
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Siwan
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Hathua
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes

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 Kolhua known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 41% of the 76 hectares of village land is sown, and 23 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 Kolhua

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

■ Kolhua · ■ Siswan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**3%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**82%

Tap water ****8%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****82%**

**73%

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

**6%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****40%**

**78%

Television ****2%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****0%**

**60%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**8%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****35%**

**17%

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 Kolhua?

■ Kolhua · ■ Siswan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.1%**

**68.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****804**

**982

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****828**

**917

Working population ****22.8%**

**30.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.6% for men and 49.5% for women. 41% of men and 0% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

****

**■** Cultivators 18 (30%) · **■** Marginal 43 (70%)

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 Siswan

- Kathtal392 people
- Nawada382 people
- Manara313 people
- Nirmal Nagai284 people
- Sainpur Diara222 people
- Misroulia179 people
- Menhdar146 people
- Gudi Dih134 people

[All 90 villages in Siswan](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/siwan/siswan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Kolhua from Siwan?26 km by road
- What is the population of Kolhua?267 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kolhua in?Siwan district (Siswan sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Kolhua?70.1% (Census 2011)