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

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Village · Chainpur, Kaimur 

# Kharigawan

Kharigawan is a village in Chainpur sub-district of Kaimur district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **2,280 people in 389 households**, the 22nd largest of 151 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 62.5%.

- 2,280people (2011)
- 389households
- 63.7%literacy
- 916females per 1,000 males

## Kharigawan PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatAmawan
- Community development blockChainpur
- Census village code249823

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

## How far is Kharigawan from nearby towns?

- Chainpur (sub-district HQ)7 km by road
- Bhabua (district HQ)21 km by road
- Bhabua (nearest town)21 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 Kharigawan?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Commercial bankIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Chainpur
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Babhua
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bhabua
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)6 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 Kharigawan known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 99% of the 176 hectares of village land is sown, and 154 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 Kharigawan

Of every 100 households in Kharigawan in 2011, 10 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Kharigawan · ■ Chainpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****10%**

**11%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**88%

Tap water ****7%**

**3%

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

**45%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****15%**

**30%

Television ****11%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**51%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**7%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****52%**

**27%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Kharigawan?

■ Kharigawan · ■ Chainpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.7%**

**62.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****916**

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****895**

**968

Working population ****28.5%**

**34.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.1% for men and 52.4% for women. 44% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 54 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 70 (11%) · **■** Household industry 58 (9%) · **■** Other work 171 (26%) · **■** Marginal 296 (46%)

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

- Tiwai2,465 people
- Dih Bhujaina2,450 people
- Diha2,369 people
- Naughara2,346 people
- Barhauna2,257 people
- Saraiya2,242 people
- Fakhrabad2,222 people
- Merh2,153 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Kharigawan from Bhabua?21 km by road
- What is the population of Kharigawan?2,280 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kharigawan in?Kaimur district (Chainpur sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Kharigawan?63.7% (Census 2011)