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Bihar urges Centre to raise paddy procurement target to 50 lakh MT
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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
TABASSUM ARA
Contact: 87****3242
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- LGD code
- 223600
- Pincode
- 854325
- Post office
- Garhbanaili
- Population
- 4,204
- Households
- 780
- Literacy rate
- 19.6%
- Sex ratio
- 986 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,208
Census 2011 · in context
How Kadwa compares
By population, Kadwa ranks #12 of 61 villages in Kasba mandal.
Literacy rate
%
19.6%
−16.5% vs mandal average
Kadwa19.6%
Kasba mandal36.1%
Purnia district40.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
986
+49 vs mandal average
Kadwa986
Kasba mandal937
Household size
people per home
5.4
+0.3 vs mandal average
Kadwa5.4
Kasba mandal5.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kadwa at a glance
Kadwa is a village of 4,204 people in 780 households (Census 2011) in Kasba block, Purnia district, Bihar, the 12th-largest of 61 villages in Kasba block. Literacy is 20%, 17 points below the block average of 36% and the sex ratio is 986 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 854325, served by Garhbanaili post office; the LGD village code is 223600. The sarpanch is TABASSUM ARA, and the village votes in Dhamdaha assembly constituency, represented by MLA Leshi Singh. The population is estimated at 4,957 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Sanjheli →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kadwa · this village | 4,204 | 20% | — |
| Sanjheli · Kasba | 3,743 | 40% | — |
| Pokharia · Kasba | 1,093 | 43% | — |
| Babhangawan · Kasba | 414 | 48% | — |
| Agaganj · Kasba | 187 | 37% | — |
| Jagaili · Kasba | 0 | — | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kadwa
- 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
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 6
- 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
- KASBA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 7
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 22
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 7
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Sanjheli
- Total area (ha)
- 209
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 86
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kadwa
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kadwa
- LGD code
- 223600
- Pincode
- 854325
- Post office
- Garhbanaili
- Population (Census 2011)
- 4,204
- Population (projected 2026)
- 4,957
- Households
- 780
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 986
- Literacy rate
- 19.6%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Purnia
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dhamdaha
- Member of Parliament
- Pappu Yadav
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Leshi Singh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- TABASSUM ARA
- Block / Mandal
- Kasba
- Nearest railway station
- Sarsi (3.7 km)
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 854325
Same name, different place
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Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Kadwa
Other villages in Kasba mandal
View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)