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- LGD code
- 225142
- Pincode
- 855113
- Post office
- Salmari
- Population
- 2,213
- Households
- 498
- Literacy rate
- 40.8%
- Sex ratio
- 890 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 808
- Distance to district centre
- 88 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 32 km
- Distance to Patna
- 275 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 337 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bhawanipur Bihar · 3 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Salmari · 6 km
जनगणना 2011 · तुलना में
पस्टिया की तुलना
By population, Pastia ranks #46 of 234 villages in Azamnagar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
40.8%
+2.6% vs mandal average
- Pastia
- 40.8%
- Azamnagar mandal
- 38.2%
- Katihar district
- 41.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
890
−30 vs mandal average
- Pastia
- 890
- Azamnagar mandal
- 920
Household size
people per home
4.4
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Pastia
- 4.4
- Azamnagar mandal
- 4.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
पस्टिया एक नज़र में
पस्टिया बिहार के कटिहार जिले के आजमनगर ब्लॉक में 2,213 लोगों 498 परिवारों में (जनगणना 2011) का एक गांव है, जो आजमनगर ब्लॉक के 234 गांवों में 46वां सबसे बड़ा है। साक्षरता 41% है, जो ब्लॉक औसत 38% से 3 अंक अधिक है और लिंगानुपात प्रति 1,000 पुरुषों पर 890 महिलाएं। यह कटिहार जिला मुख्यालय से 88 किमी, निकटतम कस्बे Kusaha से 4 किमी, Bhawanipur Bihar रेलवे स्टेशन से 3 किमी स्थित है (सीधी रेखा दूरी)। पिनकोड 855113 है, Salmari डाकघर द्वारा सेवित; एलजीडी गांव कोड 225142 है। निकटतम अस्पताल या स्वास्थ्य केंद्र Government Hospital, Salmari है, 6 किमी दूर। गांव Katihar विधानसभा क्षेत्र में आता है, विधायक Tarkishore Prasad हैं। 2026 में अनुमानित जनसंख्या 2,609 है, 2011 जनगणना से 18% अधिक।
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · पस्टिया
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- 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
- No
- 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
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- KATIHAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 50
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 50
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 15
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BHGHAURA
- Total area (ha)
- 61.2
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 11.4
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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मुख्य तथ्य — पस्टिया
- LGD code
- 225142
- Pincode
- 855113
- Post office
- Salmari
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,213
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,609
- Households
- 498
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 890
- Literacy rate
- 40.8%
- Coordinates
- 25.57179°N, 87.88221°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Katihar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Katihar
- Member of Parliament
- Tariq Anwar
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Tarkishore Prasad
- Block / Mandal
- Azamnagar
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शहरों से दूरी · सीधी रेखा
- Patna275 kmcapital
- Kolkata337 km
- Delhi1109 km
- Hyderabad1331 km
प्रकार अनुसार निकटतम · क्षेत्र में कहीं भी
- Railway stationBhawanipur Bihar3 km
- Bus stopBotolbari21 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Salmari6 km
- ATM / banksbi26 km
- Petrol pumpReliance29 km
- CollegeD S College30 km
- Police stationPolice station32 km
एक ही पिनकोड
Villages sharing pincode 855113
- AzamnagarAzamnagar mandal9,855 pop
- KhuriyalAzamnagar mandal7,680 pop
- Kismat GorakhpurAzamnagar mandal7,399 pop
- ChaulharAzamnagar mandal6,387 pop
- Unaso PachgachhiKadwa mandal5,482 pop
- PindhalAzamnagar mandal5,292 pop
- AmarsinghpurAzamnagar mandal5,289 pop
- MadhaipurKadwa mandal5,219 pop
- BairiaAzamnagar mandal5,216 pop
पस्टिया के पास के गांव
आजमनगर मंडल के अन्य गांव
View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)