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Khempur is a village in Kadwa mandal, Katihar district, Bihar, with 979 residents across 235 households. The village has a literacy rate of 44.7% and falls under PIN code 855105.
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- LGD code
- 224568
- Pincode
- 855105
- Post office
- Durgaganj
- Population
- 979
- Households
- 235
- Literacy rate
- 44.7%
- Sex ratio
- 830 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 286
- Distance to district centre
- 88 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 46 km
- Distance to Patna
- 276 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 348 km
- Nearest railway station
- Sanjay Gram · 2 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Barsoi SDH · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Khempur compares
By population, Khempur ranks #110 of 264 villages in Kadwa mandal.
Literacy rate
%
44.7%
+4.4% vs mandal average
- Khempur
- 44.7%
- Kadwa mandal
- 40.3%
- Katihar district
- 41.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
830
−92 vs mandal average
- Khempur
- 830
- Kadwa mandal
- 922
Household size
people per home
4.2
−0.6 vs mandal average
- Khempur
- 4.2
- Kadwa mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Khempur at a glance
Khempur is a village of 979 people in 235 households (Census 2011) in Kadwa block, Katihar district, Bihar, the 110th-largest of 264 villages in Kadwa block. Literacy is 45%, 4 points above the block average of 40% and the sex ratio is 830 women per 1,000 men. It lies 88 km from the Katihar district centre, 1 km from Bazidpur, the nearest town, 2 km from Sanjay Gram railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 855105, served by Durgaganj post office; the LGD village code is 224568. The nearest hospital or health centre is Barsoi SDH, 7 km away. The village votes in Purnia assembly constituency, represented by MLA Vijay Kumar Khemka. The population is estimated at 1,420 in 2026, up 45% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Khempur
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 2
- Power hours (winter)
- 2
- 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
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- KATIHAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 31
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 31
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 12
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- CHOUNI
- Total area (ha)
- 62
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 40
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Khempur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Khempur
- LGD code
- 224568
- Pincode
- 855105
- Post office
- Durgaganj
- Population (Census 2011)
- 979
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,420
- Households
- 235
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 830
- Literacy rate
- 44.7%
- Coordinates
- 25.67563°N, 87.89384°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Purnia
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Purnia
- Member of Parliament
- Pappu Yadav
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Vijay Kumar Khemka
- Block / Mandal
- Kadwa
Getting there
How to reach Khempur
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna276 kmcapital
- Kolkata348 km
- Delhi1106 km
- Hyderabad1339 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationSanjay Gram2 km
- Bus stopBotolbari14 km
- Hospital / PHCBarsoi SDH7 km
- ATM / banksbi24 km
- Petrol pumpReliance18 km
- CollegeD S College35 km
- Police stationPolice station36 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-08
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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