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Kasba

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Shambhuganj mandal
Pincode 813211
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Kasba is a village in Shambhuganj mandal, Banka district, Bihar with a population of 4,123 across 808 households. The village has a literacy rate of 55.5% and postal code 813211.

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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
KALANAND SINGH
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LGD code
240539
Pincode
813211
Post office
Shambhuganj
Population
4,123
Households
808
Literacy rate
55.5%
Sex ratio
924 ♀/1000♂
Workers
1,211
Distance to district centre
123 km
Distance to mandal centre
101 km
Distance to Patna
242 km
Distance to Kolkata
375 km
Nearest railway station
Kasba · <1 km
Nearest hospital / PHC
Goverment hospital,Kasba · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context

How Kasba compares

By population, Kasba ranks #5 of 186 villages in Shambhuganj mandal.

Literacy rate
%
55.5%
+2.3% vs mandal average
Kasba
55.5%
Shambhuganj mandal
53.2%
Banka district
47.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
924
+40 vs mandal average
Kasba
924
Shambhuganj mandal
884
Household size
people per home
5.1
−0.2 vs mandal average
Kasba
5.1
Shambhuganj mandal
5.3

Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).

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Kasba at a glance

Kasba is a village of 4,123 people in 808 households (Census 2011) in Shambhuganj block, Banka district, Bihar, the 5th-largest of 186 villages in Shambhuganj block. Literacy is 56%, 2 points above the block average of 53% and the sex ratio is 924 women per 1,000 men. It lies 123 km from the Banka district centre, 6 km from Semaria, the nearest town, under 1 km from Kasba railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 813211, served by Shambhuganj post office; the LGD village code is 240539. The nearest hospital or health centre is Goverment hospital,Kasba, <1 km away. The sarpanch is KALANAND SINGH, and the village votes in Simri Bakhtiarpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sanjay Kumar Singh. The population is estimated at 4,861 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.

Gram panchayat: Kaswa

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Kasba · this village4,12356%
Kasba · Sultanganj00 km N
Kasba · Surajgarha3,84862%0 km N
Kasba · Musahri0 km N
Kasba · Kasba0 km N
Kasba · Dhuraiya96061%0 km N
Radhanagar · Banmankhi3.1 km N

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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kasba

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)
1
Power hours (winter)
1
Primary school
2
Middle school
1
Secondary school
1
Senior secondary
2
Degree college
0
Primary health centre
1
Health sub-centre
1
Community health centre
0
Dispensary
0
Veterinary hospital
0
Post office
Yes
Sub post office
No
Commercial bank
No
Cooperative bank
No
ATM
No
Public bus service
No
Private bus service
Yes
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
BANKA
Distance to nearest town (km)
40
Distance to district HQ (km)
40
Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
14
All-weather road
No
Gram panchayat (2011)
KASWA
Total area (ha)
348
Irrigated area (ha)
234.7
Forest area (ha)
0

Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.

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Key facts — Kasba

LGD code
240539
Pincode
813211
Post office
Shambhuganj
Population (Census 2011)
4,123
Population (projected 2026)
4,861
Households
808
Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
924
Literacy rate
55.5%
Coordinates
25.85711°N, 87.53827°E
Lok Sabha constituency
Khagaria
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Simri Bakhtiarpur
Member of Parliament
Rajesh Verma
Member of Legislative Assembly
Sanjay Kumar Singh
Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
KALANAND SINGH
Block / Mandal
Shambhuganj
Getting there

How to reach Kasba

Mandal centre
Shambhuganj · ≈ 101 km
≈ 3 h 28 min by car · 4 h 6 min by bike
Directions
District centre
Banka · ≈ 123 km
≈ 4 h 12 min by car · 5 h by bike
Directions
Nearest town · 25,059 people
Semaria · ≈ 5.8 km
≈ 12 min by car · 14 min by bike
Directions
Distance to cities · straight line
  • Patna242 kmcapital
  • Kolkata375 km
  • Delhi1066 km
  • Hyderabad1327 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
  • Railway stationKasba<1 km
  • Bus stopArgara Chowk11 km
  • Hospital / PHCGoverment hospital,Kasba<1 km
  • ATM / bankSBI13 km
  • Petrol pumpjalalpur fuel station7 km
  • CollegePurnea College of Engineering13 km
  • Police stationMaranga Police Thana14 km
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Sources & freshness
  • Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
  • Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
  • Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
  • Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
  • Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
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