# Kharkuan Village, Chanan*, Lakhisarai (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Chanan*, Lakhisarai 

# Kharkuan

Kharkuan is a village in Chanan* sub-district of Lakhisarai district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **164 people in 25 households**, the 55th largest of 57 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 45.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 55.5%.

- 164people (2011)
- 25households
- 45.6%literacy
- 1,130females per 1,000 males

## Kharkuan PIN code and other codes

Kharkuan falls in Chanan* sub-district, Lakhisarai district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatJankidih
- Community development blockChanan*
- Census village code243688

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

## How far is Kharkuan from nearby towns?

- Chanan* (sub-district HQ)27 km by road
- Lakhisarai (district HQ)16 km by road
- Lakhisarai (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 Kharkuan?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Kharkuan; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Lakhisarai
- ○Degree college10+ km · Lakhisarai
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Munger
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)2 h summer · 4 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 Kharkuan known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 99% of the 80 hectares of village land is sown, and 69 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 Kharkuan

Of every 100 households in Kharkuan in 2011, 0 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 96 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kharkuan · ■ Chanan* rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**6%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**85%

Tap water ****7%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****82%**

**38%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**98%

Use banking services ****15%**

**37%

Television ****7%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****96%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****4%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****4%**

**44%

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 Kharkuan?

■ Kharkuan · ■ Chanan* rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****45.6%**

**55.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1130**

**918

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1438**

**954

Working population ****27.4%**

**32.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 60.7% for men and 31.2% for women. 48% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 5 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 28 (62%) · **■** Other work 7 (16%) · **■** Marginal 5 (11%)

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 Chanan*

- Itaun English Kita Awal299 people
- Agaia283 people
- Harbanspur261 people
- Sahroi200 people
- Rai Kundi156 people
- Itaun English Kita Doem57 people

[All 68 villages in Chanan*](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/lakhisarai/chanan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Kharkuan from Lakhisarai?16 km by road
- What is the population of Kharkuan?164 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kharkuan in?Lakhisarai district (Chanan* sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Kharkuan?45.6% (Census 2011)