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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Sitalpur is a small village in Kadwa mandal, Katihar district, Bihar, with a population of only 14 people in 3 households. Despite its tiny size, it has a notably high literacy rate of 71.4% and is located at coordinates 25.764°N, 85.030°E with PIN code 855113.
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- LGD code
- 224654
- Pincode
- 855113
- Post office
- Salmari
- Population
- 14
- Households
- 3
- Literacy rate
- 71.4%
- Sex ratio
- 1333 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 6
- Distance to district centre
- 199 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 241 km
- Distance to Patna
- 22 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 490 km
- Nearest railway station
- Sitalpur · <1 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Nayan Jyoti Eye Hospital · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Sitalpur compares
By population, Sitalpur ranks #232 of 264 villages in Kadwa mandal.
Literacy rate
%
71.4%
+31.1% vs mandal average
Sitalpur71.4%
Kadwa mandal40.3%
Katihar district41.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,333
+411 vs mandal average
Sitalpur1,333
Kadwa mandal922
Household size
people per home
4.7
−0.1 vs mandal average
Sitalpur4.7
Kadwa mandal4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sitalpur at a glance
Sitalpur is a village of 14 people in 3 households (Census 2011) in Kadwa block, Katihar district, Bihar, the 232nd-largest of 264 villages in Kadwa block. Literacy is 71%, 31 points above the block average of 40% and the sex ratio is 1,333 women per 1,000 men. It lies 199 km from the Katihar district centre, 0 km from Sitalpur, the nearest town, under 1 km from Sitalpur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 855113, served by Salmari post office; the LGD village code is 224654. The nearest hospital or health centre is Nayan Jyoti Eye Hospital, 3 km away. The village votes in Purnia assembly constituency, represented by MLA Vijay Kumar Khemka. The population is estimated at 3,826 in 2026, up 27229% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Sitalpur
- 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
- 0
- 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
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- KATIHAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 45
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 45
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 28
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- SHEKHPURA
- Total area (ha)
- 22.84
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 10.8
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Sitalpur
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Key facts — Sitalpur
- LGD code
- 224654
- Pincode
- 855113
- Post office
- Salmari
- Population (Census 2011)
- 14
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,826
- Households
- 3
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1333
- Literacy rate
- 71.4%
- Coordinates
- 25.76396°N, 85.02965°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 Sitalpur
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna22 kmcapital
- Kolkata490 km
- Delhi836 km
- Hyderabad1151 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationSitalpur<1 km
- Bus stopBaba Chowk Bus Stand17 km
- Hospital / PHCNayan Jyoti Eye Hospital3 km
- ATM / bankBank Of Baroda14 km
- Petrol pumpRiver View Service Station18 km
- CollegeBindeshwar Singh College14 km
- Police stationPolice Chowki Danapur14 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)