# Kakan Village, Jokihat, Araria (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Jokihat, Araria 

# Kakan

Kakan is a village in Jokihat sub-district of Araria district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **12,946 people in 2,687 households**, the 1st largest of 98 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 38.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 53.0%.

- 12,946people (2011)
- 2,687households
- 38.5%literacy
- 931females per 1,000 males

## Kakan PIN code and other codes

Kakan falls in Jokihat sub-district, Araria district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatKakan
- Community development blockJokihat
- Census village code222135

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Kakan from nearby towns?

- Jokihat (sub-district HQ)18 km by road
- Araria (district HQ)18 km by road
- Araria (nearest town)18 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Kakan?

12 services counted by the Census are inside Kakan; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 7 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Araria
- ○Degree college10+ km · Araria
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Purnia
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)3 h summer · 4 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Kakan known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 73% of the 976 hectares of village land is sown, and 82 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Kakan

Of every 100 households in Kakan in 2011, 2 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 55 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kakan · ■ Jokihat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**1%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**5%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**93%

Tap water ****2%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****34%**

**32%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**97%

Use banking services ****27%**

**17%

Television ****2%**

**2%

Mobile phone ****55%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****25%**

**30%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Kakan?

■ Kakan · ■ Jokihat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****38.5%**

**53.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****931**

**919

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1018**

**961

Working population ****32.2%**

**31.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 45.4% for men and 30.9% for women. 46% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 457 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 1,696 (41%) · **■** Household industry 39 (1%) · **■** Other work 178 (4%) · **■** Marginal 1,805 (43%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Jokihat

- Sisauna12,824 people
- Chakai11,525 people
- Bhansia11,119 people
- Taran10,739 people

[All 99 villages in Jokihat](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/araria/jokihat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Kakan from Araria?18 km by road
- What is the population of Kakan?12,946 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kakan in?Araria district (Jokihat sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Kakan?38.5% (Census 2011)