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- LGD code
- 244990
- Pincode
- 803114
- Post office
- Parwalpur
- Population
- 2,023
- Households
- 323
- Literacy rate
- 55.1%
- Sex ratio
- 921 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 883
जनगणना 2011 · तुलनेत
Kosnara ची तुलना
By population, Kosnara ranks #18 of 32 villages in Ben mandal.
Literacy rate
%
55.1%
+1.7% vs mandal average
- Kosnara
- 55.1%
- Ben mandal
- 53.4%
- Nalanda district
- 52.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
921
+2 vs mandal average
- Kosnara
- 921
- Ben mandal
- 919
Household size
people per home
6.3
+0.6 vs mandal average
- Kosnara
- 6.3
- Ben mandal
- 5.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kosnara एका दृष्टिक्षेपात
Kosnara हे बिहारच्या नालंदा जिल्ह्यातील Ben ब्लॉकमधील 2,023 लोकसंख्येचे 323 कुटुंबांत (जनगणना 2011) गाव आहे, जे Ben ब्लॉकमधील 32 गावांत 18वे मोठे आहे. साक्षरता 55% आहे, ब्लॉक सरासरी 53% पेक्षा 2 गुण जास्त आणि लिंग गुणोत्तर दर 1,000 पुरुषांमागे 921 स्त्रिया. पिनकोड 803114 आहे, Parwalpur पोस्ट ऑफिसद्वारे; एलजीडी गाव कोड 244990 आहे. सरपंच VINDU DEVI आहेत; गाव Barh विधानसभा मतदारसंघात येते, आमदार Siyaram Singh. 2026 मध्ये अंदाजे लोकसंख्या 2,385, 2011 पेक्षा 18% जास्त.
ग्रामपंचायत: Eksara →
जवळच्या गावांची तुलना
शेजारी तुलना →| गाव | लोकसंख्या | साक्षरता | अंतर |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kosnara · हे गाव | 2,023 | 55% | — |
| Eksara · Ben | 4,965 | 57% | — |
| Marsua · Ben | 2,010 | 56% | — |
| Babhaniawan · Ben | 1,329 | 59% | — |
| Sidhi Bigha · Ben | 386 | 46% | — |
| Birbal Bigha · Ben | 245 | 70% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kosnara
- 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)
- 2
- Power hours (winter)
- 6
- Primary school
- 3
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- 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
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BIHARSHARIF
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 18
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 18
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 7
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Eksara
- Total area (ha)
- 305
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 202.4
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kosnara
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
मुख्य माहिती — Kosnara
- LGD code
- 244990
- Pincode
- 803114
- Post office
- Parwalpur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,023
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,385
- Households
- 323
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 921
- Literacy rate
- 55.1%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Munger
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Barh
- Member of Parliament
- Rajiv Ranjan Singh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Siyaram Singh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- VINDU DEVI
- Block / Mandal
- Ben
तोच पिनकोड
Villages sharing pincode 803114
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Kosnara
Ben मंडळ मधील इतर गावे
View all 31 →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)