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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
ashok kumar sharma
Contact: 82****2787
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- LGD code
- 260698
- Pincode
- 824127
- Post office
- Kaler
- Population
- 1,150
- Households
- 150
- Literacy rate
- 62.5%
- Sex ratio
- 933 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 550
जनगणना 2011 · तुलना में
कथरैन की तुलना
By population, Kathrain ranks #42 of 60 villages in Kaler mandal.
Literacy rate
%
62.5%
+4.4% vs mandal average
- Kathrain
- 62.5%
- Kaler mandal
- 58.1%
- Arwal district
- 55.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
933
−5 vs mandal average
- Kathrain
- 933
- Kaler mandal
- 938
Household size
people per home
7.7
+1.6 vs mandal average
- Kathrain
- 7.7
- Kaler mandal
- 6.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
कथरैन एक नज़र में
कथरैन बिहार के अरवल जिले के कलेर ब्लॉक में 1,150 लोगों 150 परिवारों में (जनगणना 2011) का एक गांव है, जो कलेर ब्लॉक के 60 गांवों में 42वां सबसे बड़ा है। साक्षरता 63% है, जो ब्लॉक औसत 58% से 4 अंक अधिक है और लिंगानुपात प्रति 1,000 पुरुषों पर 933 महिलाएं। पिनकोड 824127 है, Kaler डाकघर द्वारा सेवित; एलजीडी गांव कोड 260698 है। सरपंच ashok kumar sharma हैं, और गांव Suryagarha विधानसभा क्षेत्र में आता है, जिसके विधायक Ramanand Mandal हैं। 2026 में अनुमानित जनसंख्या 1,356 है, 2011 जनगणना से 18% अधिक।
ग्राम पंचायत: Mainpura Panchayat →
आसपास के गांवों की तुलना
आमने-सामने तुलना →| गांव | जनसंख्या | साक्षरता | दूरी |
|---|---|---|---|
| कथरैन · यह गांव | 1,150 | 63% | — |
| Mainpura · Kaler | 3,061 | 57% | — |
| Lodipur · Kaler | 2,299 | 56% | — |
| Upadhea Bigha · Kaler | 1,381 | 58% | — |
| Musepur · Kaler | 1,372 | 54% | — |
| Wojha Bigha · Kaler | 942 | 57% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · कथरैन
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- ARWAL
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 20
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 20
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 3
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Mainpura
- Total area (ha)
- 102
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 61.7
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · कथरैन
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
मुख्य तथ्य — कथरैन
- LGD code
- 260698
- Pincode
- 824127
- Post office
- Kaler
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,150
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,356
- Households
- 150
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 933
- Literacy rate
- 62.5%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Munger
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Suryagarha
- Member of Parliament
- Rajiv Ranjan Singh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Ramanand Mandal
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- ashok kumar sharma
- Block / Mandal
- Kaler
- Nearest railway station
- Uren (4.1 km)
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
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