# Chaknaha Village, Dehri, Rohtas (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Dehri, Rohtas 

# Chaknaha

Chaknaha is a village in Dehri sub-district of Rohtas district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,831 people in 261 households**, the 31st largest of 58 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 74.1%.

- 1,831people (2011)
- 261households
- 76.3%literacy
- 931females per 1,000 males

## Chaknaha PIN code and other codes

Chaknaha falls in Dehri sub-district, Rohtas district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatChakanahan
- Community development blockDehri
- Census village code252588

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

## How far is Chaknaha from nearby towns?

- Dehri (sub-district HQ)7 km by road
- Sasaram (district HQ)25 km by road
- Dehri (nearest town)7 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 Chaknaha?

16 services counted by the Census are inside Chaknaha; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●TB clinicIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Dehri
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Dehri
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Gaya
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watercovered wells, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- 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 Chaknaha known for?

The main crops are **paddy, wheat and pulse**. Products made here include rice mills. About 93% of the 155 hectares of village land is sown, and 144 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 Chaknaha

Of every 100 households in Chaknaha in 2011, 78 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 70 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Chaknaha · ■ Dehri rural average

Electricity for lighting ****78%**

**20%

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

**22%

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

**78%

Tap water ****2%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****91%**

**83%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**91%

Use banking services ****81%**

**62%

Television ****18%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****70%**

**66%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**12%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**2%

None of these assets ****15%**

**18%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

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 Chaknaha?

■ Chaknaha · ■ Dehri rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.3%**

**74.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****931**

**925

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****819**

**946

Working population ****22.4%**

**30.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.8% for men and 62.1% for women. 42% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 226 (55%) · **■** Farm labourers 41 (10%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 32 (8%) · **■** Marginal 110 (27%)

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 Dehri

- Bharkunria1,885 people
- Ghonghaha1,865 people
- Khairaha1,853 people
- Majhiawan1,839 people
- Manikpur1,814 people
- Panruhar1,803 people
- Sujanpur1,750 people
- Bharkunria1,737 people

[All 58 villages in Dehri](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/rohtas/dehri/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Chaknaha from Sasaram?25 km by road
- What is the population of Chaknaha?1,831 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chaknaha in?Rohtas district (Dehri sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Chaknaha?76.3% (Census 2011)
