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- LGD code
- 224599
- Pincode
- 854114
- Post office
- Pothia
- Population
- 2,613
- Households
- 455
- Literacy rate
- 32.9%
- Sex ratio
- 1016 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 686
- Distance to district centre
- 76 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 40 km
- Distance to Patna
- 260 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 326 km
- Nearest railway station
- Pranpur Road · 2 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government hospital Kumaripur · 10 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Khusalpur compares
By population, Khusalpur ranks #39 of 264 villages in Kadwa mandal.
Literacy rate
%
32.9%
−7.4% vs mandal average
Khusalpur32.9%
Kadwa mandal40.3%
Katihar district41.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,016
+94 vs mandal average
Khusalpur1,016
Kadwa mandal922
Household size
people per home
5.7
+0.9 vs mandal average
Khusalpur5.7
Kadwa mandal4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Khusalpur at a glance
Khusalpur is a village of 2,613 people in 455 households (Census 2011) in Kadwa block, Katihar district, Bihar, the 39th-largest of 264 villages in Kadwa block. Literacy is 33%, 7 points below the block average of 40% and the sex ratio is 1,016 women per 1,000 men. It lies 76 km from the Katihar district centre, 16 km from Talashur, the nearest town, 2 km from Pranpur Road railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 854114, served by Pothia post office; the LGD village code is 224599. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government hospital Kumaripur, 10 km away. The village votes in Purnia assembly constituency, represented by MLA Vijay Kumar Khemka. The population is estimated at 3,081 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Khusalpur
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 4
- Power hours (winter)
- 3
- 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
- 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
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- KATIHAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 39
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 39
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 9
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- CHOUNI
- Total area (ha)
- 176
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 93.12
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Khusalpur
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Key facts — Khusalpur
- LGD code
- 224599
- Pincode
- 854114
- Post office
- Pothia
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,613
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,081
- Households
- 455
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1016
- Literacy rate
- 32.9%
- Coordinates
- 25.44926°N, 87.72040°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 Khusalpur
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna260 kmcapital
- Kolkata326 km
- Delhi1098 km
- Hyderabad1310 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationPranpur Road2 km
- Bus stopMaiharpur11 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment hospital Kumaripur10 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India18 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Petrol Pump20 km
- CollegeD S College17 km
- Police stationNaka No 2(Police Station)18 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
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