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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
RUBANA PRAVEEN
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- LGD code
- 248572
- Pincode
- 802122
- Post office
- Hitawarajpur
- Population
- 594
- Households
- 96
- Literacy rate
- 65%
- Sex ratio
- 935 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 229
2011 സെൻസസ് · താരതമ്യത്തിൽ
Katharai താരതമ്യം
By population, Katharai ranks #110 of 236 villages in Rajpur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
65.0%
+7.6% vs mandal average
- Katharai
- 65.0%
- Rajpur mandal
- 57.4%
- Buxar district
- 58.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
935
+10 vs mandal average
- Katharai
- 935
- Rajpur mandal
- 925
Household size
people per home
6.2
−0.3 vs mandal average
- Katharai
- 6.2
- Rajpur mandal
- 6.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Katharai ഒറ്റനോട്ടത്തിൽ
Katharai ബിഹാർയിലെ ബുക്സാര് ജില്ല, Rajpur ബ്ലോക്ക്ൽ 594 പേർ 96 കുടുംബങ്ങളിൽ (2011 സെൻസസ്) താമസിക്കുന്ന ഗ്രാമമാണ്, Rajpur ബ്ലോക്ക്ലെ 236 ഗ്രാമങ്ങളിൽ വലുപ്പത്തിൽ 110-ാമത്. സാക്ഷരത 65%, ബ്ലോക്ക് ശരാശരി 57% നേക്കാൾ 8 പോയിന്റ് കൂടുതൽ ലിംഗാനുപാതം 1,000 പുരുഷന്മാർക്ക് 935 സ്ത്രീകൾ. പിൻകോഡ് 802122, Hitawarajpur പോസ്റ്റ് ഓഫീസിന് കീഴിൽ; LGD ഗ്രാമ കോഡ് 248572. പ്രസിഡന്റ് RUBANA PRAVEEN; ഗ്രാമം Bachhwara നിയമസഭാ മണ്ഡലത്തിലാണ്, എംഎൽഎ Surendra Mehta. 2026ൽ ജനസംഖ്യ ഏകദേശം 700, 2011നെക്കാൾ 18% കൂടുതൽ.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Katharai
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 6
- Power hours (winter)
- 8
- 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
- No
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BUXAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 28
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 28
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 15
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Samahuta
- Total area (ha)
- 77
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 77
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Katharai
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
പ്രധാന വിവരങ്ങൾ — Katharai
- LGD code
- 248572
- Pincode
- 802122
- Post office
- Hitawarajpur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 594
- Population (projected 2026)
- 700
- Households
- 96
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 935
- Literacy rate
- 65.0%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Begusarai
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bachhwara
- Member of Parliament
- Giriraj Singh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Surendra Mehta
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- RUBANA PRAVEEN
- Block / Mandal
- Rajpur
അതേ പിൻകോഡ്
Villages sharing pincode 802122
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Katharai
Rajpur മണ്ഡലം മറ്റ് ഗ്രാമങ്ങൾ
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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)