# Chhanchh Village, Bodh Gaya, Gaya (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Bodh Gaya, Gaya 

# Chhanchh

Chhanchh is a village in Bodh Gaya sub-district of Gaya district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **2,216 people in 337 households**, the 29th largest of 132 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 58.1%.

- 2,216people (2011)
- 337households
- 66.3%literacy
- 972females per 1,000 males

## Chhanchh PIN code and other codes

Chhanchh falls in Bodh Gaya sub-district, Gaya district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatChhanchh
- Community development blockBodh Gaya
- Census village code256602

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

## How far is Chhanchh from nearby towns?

- Bodh Gaya (sub-district HQ)7 km by road
- Gaya (district HQ)14 km by road
- Bodh Gaya (nearest town)7 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 Chhanchh?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Chhanchh; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Bodh Gaya
- ○Degree college10+ km · Bodh Gaya
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Gaya
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand 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 Chhanchh known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 90% of the 240 hectares of village land is sown, and 203 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 Chhanchh

Of every 100 households in Chhanchh in 2011, 2 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chhanchh · ■ Bodh Gaya rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**17%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**87%

Tap water ****2%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****61%**

**41%

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

**2%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****48%**

**42%

Television ****13%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****37%**

**37%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Chhanchh?

■ Chhanchh · ■ Bodh Gaya rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.3%**

**58.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****972**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****825**

**958

Working population ****34.9%**

**37.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.3% for men and 56.4% for women. 46% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 149 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 398 (51%) · **■** Household industry 22 (3%) · **■** Other work 79 (10%) · **■** Marginal 125 (16%)

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 Bodh Gaya

- Baraini2,265 people
- Jani Bigha2,249 people
- Dhanawan2,240 people
- Musatpura2,229 people
- Matihani2,193 people
- Nanwan2,179 people
- Panrariya2,172 people
- Gohati2,168 people

[All 139 villages in Bodh Gaya](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/gaya/bodh-gaya/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Chhanchh from Gaya?14 km by road
- What is the population of Chhanchh?2,216 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chhanchh in?Gaya district (Bodh Gaya sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Chhanchh?66.3% (Census 2011)