# Kanai Village, Charpokhari, Bhojpur (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Charpokhari, Bhojpur 

# Kanai

Kanai is a village in Charpokhari sub-district of Bhojpur district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **2,025 people in 262 households**, the 16th largest of 73 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.9%.

- 2,025people (2011)
- 262households
- 69.7%literacy
- 918females per 1,000 males

## Kanai PIN code and other codes

Kanai falls in Charpokhari sub-district, Bhojpur district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatThakuri
- Community development blockCharpokhari
- Census village code247466

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

## How far is Kanai from nearby towns?

- Charpokhari (sub-district HQ)8 km by road
- Arrah (district HQ)38 km by road
- Piro (nearest town)9 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 Kanai?

6 services counted by the Census are inside Kanai; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Katar
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Piro
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Arrah
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river

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 Kanai known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 88% of the 202 hectares of village land is sown, and 178 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 Kanai

Of every 100 households in Kanai in 2011, 1 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 56 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kanai · ■ Charpokhari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**2%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**85%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****84%**

**74%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****68%**

**94%

Use banking services ****86%**

**59%

Television ****25%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****56%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****31%**

**25%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Kanai?

■ Kanai · ■ Charpokhari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.7%**

**68.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****918**

**927

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****895**

**916

Working population ****24.1%**

**30.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.3% for men and 53.9% for women. 45% of men and 1% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 293 (60%) · **■** Farm labourers 32 (7%) · **■** Other work 5 (1%) · **■** Marginal 158 (32%)

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 Charpokhari

- Thakuri2,096 people
- Itaura2,080 people
- Majhiawan2,042 people
- Kathrain2,031 people
- Madariha2,002 people
- Kori1,917 people
- Barni1,894 people
- Charpokhri1,874 people

[All 90 villages in Charpokhari](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/bhojpur/charpokhari/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Kanai from Arrah?38 km by road
- What is the population of Kanai?2,025 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanai in?Bhojpur district (Charpokhari sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Kanai?69.7% (Census 2011)