# Karjav Village, Chainpur, Kaimur (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Chainpur, Kaimur 

# Karjav

Karjav is a village in Chainpur sub-district of Kaimur district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **2,943 people in 536 households**, the 13th largest of 151 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.5%.

- 2,943people (2011)
- 536households
- 57.9%literacy
- 936females per 1,000 males

## Karjav PIN code and other codes

Karjav falls in Chainpur sub-district, Kaimur district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatKarjav
- Community development blockChainpur
- Census village code249837

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

## How far is Karjav from nearby towns?

- Chainpur (sub-district HQ)16 km by road
- Bhabua (district HQ)26 km by road
- Bhabua (nearest town)26 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 Karjav?

13 services counted by the Census are inside Karjav; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Hata
- ○Degree college10+ km · Bhabua
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Varanashi
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)4 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 Karjav known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 97% of the 305 hectares of village land is sown, and 225 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 Karjav

Of every 100 households in Karjav in 2011, 25 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 62 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Karjav · ■ Chainpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****25%**

**11%

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

**12%

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

**88%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****34%**

**45%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**96%

Use banking services ****31%**

**30%

Television ****20%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****62%**

**51%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**7%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****29%**

**27%

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 Karjav?

■ Karjav · ■ Chainpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.9%**

**62.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****936**

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1028**

**968

Working population ****31.7%**

**34.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.4% for men and 45.3% for women. 48% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 146 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 42 (5%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 43 (5%) · **■** Marginal 693 (74%)

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 Chainpur

- Muri3,377 people
- Udai Rampur3,248 people
- Majhui3,246 people
- Masoin3,108 people
- Karji2,877 people
- Isia2,826 people
- Biur2,605 people
- Awnkhara2,573 people

[All 177 villages in Chainpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/kaimur/chainpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Karjav from Bhabua?26 km by road
- What is the population of Karjav?2,943 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Karjav in?Kaimur district (Chainpur sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Karjav?57.9% (Census 2011)