Nista is a village in Kadwa mandal, Katihar district, Bihar. With a population of 484 across 96 households, it has a literacy rate of 36.8%. The village is located at coordinates 24.440°N, 88.054°E and has PIN code 855113.
By population, Nista ranks #159 of 264 villages in Kadwa mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Nista is a village of 484 people in 96 households (Census 2011) in Kadwa block, Katihar district, Bihar, the 159th-largest of 264 villages in Kadwa block. Literacy is 37%, 4 points below the block average of 40% and the sex ratio is 891 women per 1,000 men. It lies 175 km from the Katihar district centre, 2 km from Sadhua, the nearest town, 2 km from Jangipur Road railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 855113, served by Salmari post office; the LGD village code is 224650. The nearest hospital or health centre is Raghunathganj Hospital, 2 km away. The village votes in Purnia assembly constituency, represented by MLA Vijay Kumar Khemka. The population is estimated at 3,508 in 2026, up 625% since the 2011 Census.
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Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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