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

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Village · Bodh Gaya, Gaya 

# Kharanti

Kharanti is a village in Bodh Gaya sub-district of Gaya district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,349 people in 250 households**, the 55th largest of 132 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 58.1%.

- 1,349people (2011)
- 250households
- 59.3%literacy
- 1,013females per 1,000 males

## Kharanti PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatKharanti
- Community development blockBodh Gaya
- Census village code256504

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

## How far is Kharanti from nearby towns?

- Bodh Gaya (sub-district HQ)5 km by road
- Gaya (district HQ)20 km by road
- Bodh Gaya (nearest town)5 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 Kharanti?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Bodhgaya
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Bodh Gaya
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Gaya
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps
- Electricity (2011)5 h summer · 6 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 Kharanti known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 75% of the 20 hectares of village land is sown, and 15 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 Kharanti

Of every 100 households in Kharanti in 2011, 80 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kharanti · ■ Bodh Gaya rural average

Electricity for lighting ****80%**

**17%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**87%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****27%**

**41%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**94%

Use banking services ****37%**

**42%

Television ****20%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****43%**

**37%

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 Kharanti?

■ Kharanti · ■ Bodh Gaya rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.3%**

**58.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1013**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****865**

**958

Working population ****23.9%**

**37.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.9% for men and 49.2% for women. 45% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 46 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 89 (28%) · **■** Household industry 12 (4%) · **■** Other work 60 (19%) · **■** Marginal 115 (36%)

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

- Babhni1,486 people
- Gean Khap1,448 people
- Parahanda1,445 people
- Bhanwarbar1,387 people
- Kharanti1,321 people
- Diprahiya1,299 people
- Jarahara1,283 people
- Kolkha1,257 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Kharanti from Gaya?20 km by road
- What is the population of Kharanti?1,349 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kharanti in?Gaya district (Bodh Gaya sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Kharanti?59.3% (Census 2011)