# Khanawan Village, Narhat, Nawada (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Narhat, Nawada 

# Khanawan

Khanawan is a village in Narhat sub-district of Nawada district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **5,322 people in 817 households**, the 2nd largest of 61 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.6%.

- 5,322people (2011)
- 817households
- 77.8%literacy
- 964females per 1,000 males

## Khanawan PIN code and other codes

Khanawan falls in Narhat sub-district, Nawada district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatKhanawan
- Community development blockNarhat
- Census village code258157

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

## How far is Khanawan from nearby towns?

- Narhat (sub-district HQ)4 km by road
- Nawada (district HQ)27 km by road
- Hisua (nearest town)12 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 Khanawan?

20 services counted by the Census are inside Khanawan; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 4 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Degree college10+ km · Hashua
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Nawada
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)3 h summer · 3 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 Khanawan known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 70% of the 659 hectares of village land is sown, and 165 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 Khanawan

Of every 100 households in Khanawan in 2011, 1 had electricity, 34 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 64 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Khanawan · ■ Narhat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**2%

Toilet within the home ****34%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****66%**

**78%

Tap water ****1%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****52%**

**44%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**2%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****45%**

**29%

Television ****15%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****64%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**38%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Khanawan?

■ Khanawan · ■ Narhat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.8%**

**62.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****964**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****890**

**954

Working population ****31.3%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.2% for men and 68.1% for women. 50% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 695 (42%) · **■** Farm labourers 170 (10%) · **■** Household industry 40 (2%) · **■** Other work 270 (16%) · **■** Marginal 489 (29%)

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 Narhat

- Narhat10,977 people
- Shekhpura4,839 people
- Saidapur Goasa4,817 people
- Babhnaur4,658 people
- Punaul4,461 people

[All 65 villages in Narhat](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/nawada/narhat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Khanawan from Nawada?27 km by road
- What is the population of Khanawan?5,322 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Khanawan in?Nawada district (Narhat sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Khanawan?77.8% (Census 2011)
