# Kanjia Village, Nawanagar, Buxar (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Nawanagar, Buxar 

# Kanjia

Kanjia is a village in Nawanagar sub-district of Buxar district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,826 people in 257 households**, the 25th largest of 95 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.6%.

- 1,826people (2011)
- 257households
- 69.1%literacy
- 890females per 1,000 males

## Kanjia PIN code and other codes

Kanjia falls in Nawanagar sub-district, Buxar district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatBelahri
- Community development blockNawanagar
- Census village code248845

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

## How far is Kanjia from nearby towns?

- Nawanagar (sub-district HQ)16 km by road
- Buxar (district HQ)40 km by road
- Domraon (nearest town)16 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 Kanjia?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 2 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Barhauna
- ○Degree college10+ km · Sonbarisa
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Buxar
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)4 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 Kanjia known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 96% of the 217 hectares of village land is sown, and 205 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 Kanjia

Of every 100 households in Kanjia in 2011, 28 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 72 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Kanjia · ■ Nawanagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**9%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**83%

Tap water ****2%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****68%**

**75%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**95%

Use banking services ****57%**

**52%

Television ****14%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****72%**

**60%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****8%**

**23%

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 Kanjia?

■ Kanjia · ■ Nawanagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.1%**

**66.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****890**

**951

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****874**

**941

Working population ****43.0%**

**29.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.9% for men and 57.1% for women. 50% of men and 35% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 109 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 354 (45%) · **■** Household industry 28 (4%) · **■** Other work 52 (7%) · **■** Marginal 243 (31%)

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 Nawanagar

- Babuganj English2,072 people
- Burhaila2,034 people
- Kharaicha1,999 people
- Kukur Bhuka1,848 people
- Gobinapur1,787 people
- Dhapachhuha1,765 people
- Basdewa1,569 people
- Manahatha1,490 people

[All 107 villages in Nawanagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/buxar/nawanagar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Kanjia from Buxar?40 km by road
- What is the population of Kanjia?1,826 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanjia in?Buxar district (Nawanagar sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Kanjia?69.1% (Census 2011)