# Kanharia Village, Amour, Purnia (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Amour, Purnia 

# Kanharia

Kanharia is a village in Amour sub-district of Purnia district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,119 people in 220 households**, the 89th largest of 150 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 39.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 45.2%.

- 1,119people (2011)
- 220households
- 39.6%literacy
- 893females per 1,000 males

## Kanharia PIN code and other codes

Kanharia falls in Amour sub-district, Purnia district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatNitandar
- Community development blockAmour
- Census village code223721

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

## How far is Kanharia from nearby towns?

- Amour (sub-district HQ)6 km by road
- Purnia (district HQ)45 km by road
- Purnia (nearest town)45 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 Kanharia?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Kanharia; 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
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Purnia East
- ○Degree college10+ km · Purnia
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Purnia
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river

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 Kanharia known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. Products made here include jute rope and sutali. About 89% of the 187 hectares of village land is sown, and 57 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 Kanharia

Of every 100 households in Kanharia in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 4 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kanharia · ■ Amour rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**3%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**5%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**94%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****51%**

**21%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**99%

Use banking services ****10%**

**16%

Television ****0%**

**2%

Mobile phone ****4%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****57%**

**41%

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 Kanharia?

■ Kanharia · ■ Amour rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****39.6%**

**45.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****893**

**917

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****919**

**946

Working population ****36.8%**

**30.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 49.4% for men and 28.6% for women. 47% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 47 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 209 (51%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 7 (2%) · **■** Marginal 144 (35%)

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 Amour

- Simalbari Bhag Dhanuran1,278 people
- Larhia1,217 people
- Babhan Dobha1,204 people
- Batua1,193 people
- Khamela1,085 people
- Majhua1,075 people
- Sonapur1,051 people
- Terdahi1,051 people

[All 162 villages in Amour](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/purnia/amour/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Kanharia from Purnia?45 km by road
- What is the population of Kanharia?1,119 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanharia in?Purnia district (Amour sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Kanharia?39.6% (Census 2011)