# Chanda Village, Koilwar, Bhojpur (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Koilwar, Bhojpur 

# Chanda

Chanda is a village in Koilwar sub-district of Bhojpur district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **2,804 people in 505 households**, the 24th largest of 60 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.7%.

- 2,804people (2011)
- 505households
- 66.4%literacy
- 836females per 1,000 males

## Chanda PIN code and other codes

Chanda falls in Koilwar sub-district, Bhojpur district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatChanda
- Community development blockKoilwar
- Census village code246935

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

## How far is Chanda from nearby towns?

- Koilwar (sub-district HQ)3 km by road
- Arrah (district HQ)26 km by road
- Koilwar (nearest town)3 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 Chanda?

11 services counted by the Census are inside Chanda; 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
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Arrah
- ○Degree college10+ km · Arrah
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Patna
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ 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 and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)2 h summer · 5 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 Chanda known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 92% of the 191 hectares of village land is sown, and 29 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 Chanda

Of every 100 households in Chanda in 2011, 26 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chanda · ■ Koilwar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**68%

Tap water ****1%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****46%**

**69%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**11%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**86%

Use banking services ****41%**

**62%

Television ****13%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**59%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**10%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****22%**

**21%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Chanda?

■ Chanda · ■ Koilwar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.4%**

**70.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****836**

**898

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****851**

**924

Working population ****26.2%**

**29.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.3% for men and 46.1% for women. 44% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 88 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 401 (55%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 141 (19%) · **■** Marginal 99 (13%)

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 Koilwar

- Rajapur3,043 people
- Haripur2,859 people
- Songhatta2,849 people
- Gyanpur2,841 people
- Mohaddi Chak2,472 people
- Bahiyara2,250 people
- Pachrukhia2,214 people
- Kishunpura2,165 people

[All 71 villages in Koilwar](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/bhojpur/koilwar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Chanda from Arrah?26 km by road
- What is the population of Chanda?2,804 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chanda in?Bhojpur district (Koilwar sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Chanda?66.4% (Census 2011)