# Kahen Village, Jagdishpur, Bhojpur (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Jagdishpur, Bhojpur 

# Kahen

Kahen is a village in Jagdishpur sub-district of Bhojpur district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **2,562 people in 329 households**, the 28th largest of 79 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 67.7%.

- 2,562people (2011)
- 329households
- 73.0%literacy
- 873females per 1,000 males

## Kahen PIN code and other codes

Kahen falls in Jagdishpur sub-district, Bhojpur district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatWest Ayar
- Community development blockJagdishpur
- Census village code247218

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

## How far is Kahen from nearby towns?

- Jagdishpur (sub-district HQ)9 km by road
- Arrah (district HQ)22 km by road
- Jagdishpur (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 Kahen?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Kahen; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Harigaon
- ○Degree college10+ km · Jagdishpur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Buxar
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

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

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 Kahen known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 90% of the 195 hectares of village land is sown, and 150 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 Kahen

Of every 100 households in Kahen in 2011, 2 had electricity, 26 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 74 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kahen · ■ Jagdishpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**5%

Toilet within the home ****26%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****72%**

**83%

Tap water ****7%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****85%**

**73%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**92%

Use banking services ****84%**

**63%

Television ****16%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****74%**

**61%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****9%**

**23%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Kahen?

■ Kahen · ■ Jagdishpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.0%**

**67.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****873**

**910

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****902**

**908

Working population ****34.0%**

**34.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.2% for men and 61.3% for women. 60% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 192 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 457 (52%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 7 (1%) · **■** Marginal 214 (25%)

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 Jagdishpur

- Ugna2,672 people
- Basauna2,670 people
- Hathpokhar2,633 people
- Bharsara2,624 people
- Kusamha2,534 people
- Parasiya2,433 people
- Diul2,406 people
- Asodhan2,363 people

[All 91 villages in Jagdishpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/bhojpur/jagdishpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Kahen from Arrah?22 km by road
- What is the population of Kahen?2,562 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kahen in?Bhojpur district (Jagdishpur sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Kahen?73.0% (Census 2011)