Kahra

Kahra
Kahra; कहरा; کہرا
	Village
	Kahra Location in Bihar, India Kahra Kahra (India)
	Coordinates(kahra): 25°51′58″N86°33′27″E / 25.8660706°N 86.5575979°E Coordinates: 25°51′58″N86°33′27″E / 25.8660706°N 86.5575979°E
Country	India
State	Bihar
District	Saharsa
Elevation	45.3 m (148.6 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	4,093
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
PIN	852216
Telephone code	06478
ISO 3166 code	IN-BR
Vehicle registration	BR
Sex ratio	930 females per 1000 males ♂/♀ ♂/♀
Language	Hindi, Maithili, Urdu
Additional language	English

Last updated April 13, 2019

Kahra is a village with population of 4093 is Kahra sub district's the 9th most populous village, located in Kahra sub district of Saharsa district in the state Bihar in India. The total geographical area of Kahra village is 5 km² and it is the 7th biggest village by area in the sub district. The population density of the village is 814 persons per km². The nearest town to the village is Saharsa and the distance from Kahra village to Saharsa is 1 km. The village has its own post office and the pin code of Kahra village is 852216. The village comes under Bariahi panchayat. Kahra is the sub district headquarters and the distance from the village is 2 km. District headquarter of the village is Saharsa which is 2 km away.^[1]

Kahra Block with population of about 3 lakh is Saharsa district's the most populous sub district, located in Saharsa district of the state Bihar in India. There are 37 villages in the sub district, among them Bangaon is the most populous village with population of about 30 thousand and Kandaha is the least populous village with population of 214. Bangaon is the biggest village in the sub district with an area of 23 km2 and Deojaji is the smallest with 0 km2. There is only one city in the sub district that comes under the sub district administration which is Saharsa Nagar Parishad.

Saharsa is one of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar, India. Saharsa town is the administrative headquarters of this district. Saharsa district is a part of the Kosi Division and it became a district on 1 April 1954 and has subsequently become smaller with other districts being carved from it, most notably Madhepura in 1981. Saharsa is located in the Mithila region, one of the earliest centers of Brahmanical civilization in India. Saharsa is considered as the heart Of whole Mithila region. it is the place which gave birth to Many Legends. legends like Mandan Mishra, lakshminatinath baba, Ubhai Bharti, etc. The region of Bangaon and Mahisi is considered as one of the most civil servants producing area of the Nation. Mandan Mishra whose conversation with the Sankracharya was considered as one of the most intellectual conversations in the world was done in [Mahismati village], nowadays Mahisi village of saharsa district. During the journey of " Dharm vijay" Yatra of Sankaracharya, he visited Mahisi village of Saharsa district of Bihar which was then called Mahishmati Village and the point is, after winning in all discussions in all over the nation, He lost the Sastrartha there. So, it is said that it is the most educationally fertile land in the state. The beauty of the Geographical privileges, historical and Cultural heritages proposes itself as the capital of Proposed Mithila State.Most of the people in saharsa district speaks Maithili ( 85%) along with Angika ( 7%) and Hindi ( 8%). People of all communities residing here or belonging from here follow maithil culture. Around 52% population of the saharsa district is maithil brahmin consisting mainly of surnames Jha, Thakur and Misar ( Mishra)

Bihar is state in eastern India. It is the thirteenth-largest Indian state, with an area of 94,163 km² (36,357 sq mi). The third-largest state by population, it is contiguous with Uttar Pradesh to its west, Nepal to the north, the northern part of West Bengal to the east, with Jharkhand to the south. The Bihar plain is split by the river Ganges, which flows from west to east. Three main regions converge in the state: Magadh, Mithila, and Bhojpur.

Demographics

The village is home to 4093 people, among them 2121 (52%) are male and 1972 (48%) are female. 89% of the whole population are from general caste, 11% are from schedule caste. The child (aged under 6 years) population of Kahra village is 19%, among them 52% are boys and 48% are girls. There are 807 households in the village and an average 5 persons live in every family. In Kahra village population of children with age 0-6 is 789 which makes up 19.28% of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kahra village is 930 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Kahra as per census is 915, lower than Bihar average of 935.^[2]

Growth of populations

The population of the village has increased by 23.2% in last 10 years. In 2001 census total population here were 3322. Female population growth rate of the village is 19.7% which is -6.9% lower than male population growth rate of 26.6%. General caste population has increased by 21.8%; Schedule caste population has increased by 36% and child population has increased by 12.6% in the village since last census.

Sex Ratio - Females per 1000 Male

As of 2011 census there are 930 females per 1000 male in the village. Sex ratio in general caste is 931, in schedule caste is 922. There are 915 girls under 6 years of age per 1000 boys of the same age in the village. Overall sex ratio in the village has decreased by 53 females per 1000 male during the years from 2001 to 2011. Child sex ratio here has decreased by 105 girls per 1000 boys during the same time.

Literacy

Total 1920 people in the village are literate, among them 1155 are male and 765 are female. Literacy rate (children under 6 are excluded) of Kahra is 58%. 68% of male and 48% of female population are literate here. Overall literacy rate in the village has increased by 10%. Male literacy has gone up by 9% and female literacy rate has gone up by 12%.

Workers profile

Kahra has 33% (1346) population engaged in either main or marginal works. 46% male and 19% female population are working population. 44% of total male population are main (full-time) workers and 2% are marginal (part-time) workers. For women 13% of total female population are main and 6% are marginal workers. The food crop in the village is paddy rice and wheat. Cash crops includes Makhana, Vegetables, Mango (of different quality and quantity well known in nearby villages), mustard, mecca (maize).

How to reach Kahra

By Rail

Saharsa Jn Railway Station (near to Saharsa) is the Railway stations reachable from nearby towns.

By Road

Saharsa is the nearby by towns to Kahra having road connectivity.

Map

Direction Kahra Google Map ^[3]

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References

↑ "Kahra Village". indikosh.com. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
↑ "Kahra Village Population - Kahara - Saharsa, Bihar". census2011.co.in. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
↑ "Google Maps". google.co.in. Retrieved 2016-09-11.

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[indikosh-1] "Kahra Village". indikosh.com. Retrieved 2016-09-11.

[census2011-2] "Kahra Village Population - Kahara - Saharsa, Bihar". census2011.co.in. Retrieved 2016-09-11.

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v t e Populated places in Saharsa district
Blocks and subdivisions	Kahra Block Nauhatta Block Simri-Bakhtiarpur
Populated places	Baghwa Bangaon Barsam Basauna Bharauli Biratpur Chainpur Dhabouli Kahra Khajuraha Saharsa Kumhrauli Lagma Mahishi Majhaul Mohanpur Nauhatta Rohua Sabaila Shahpur Nauhatta Sihaul Solindabad Sonbarsa Raj