# Pakri Kanth Village, Lalganj, Vaishali (Bihar) – PIN Code > Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/vaishali/lalganj/pakri-kanth/ Village · Lalganj, Vaishali # Pakri Kanth Pakri Kanth is a village in Lalganj sub-district of Vaishali district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,563 people in 322 households**, the 53rd largest of 92 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.4%. - 1,563people (2011) - 322households - 74.3%literacy - 865females per 1,000 males ## Pakri Kanth PIN code and other codes Pakri Kanth falls in Lalganj sub-district, Vaishali district, Bihar. - Gram panchayatLakshminarayanpur - Community development blockLalganj - Census village code234776 Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## How far is Pakri Kanth from nearby towns? - Lalganj (sub-district HQ)2 km by road - Hajipur (district HQ)22 km by road - Lalganj (nearest town)2 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 Pakri Kanth? 11 services counted by the Census are inside Pakri Kanth; the rest show the distance to the nearest one. ### In the village - ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 3 private - ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private - ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt · 3 private - ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 - ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 - ●State highwayIn village - ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village - ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village - ●Anganwadi centreIn village - ●ASHA health workerIn village - ●Polling stationIn village ### Nearest outside - ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Lalganj - ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Manikpur - ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Lalganj - ○Primary health centreunder 5 km - ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km - ○Dispensary10+ km - ○Post officeunder 5 km - ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km - ○Railway stationunder 5 km - ○ATMunder 5 km - ○Commercial bankunder 5 km - ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km - ○Public libraryunder 5 km ### Water and power - Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes - Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 8 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 Pakri Kanth known for? The main crops are **paddy**. About 49% of the 139 hectares of village land is sown, and 44 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 Pakri Kanth Of every 100 households in Pakri Kanth in 2011, 14 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 60 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car. ■ Pakri Kanth · ■ Lalganj rural average Electricity for lighting ****14%** **19% Toilet within the home ****17%** **26% No toilet (open defecation) ****80%** **73% Tap water ****1%** **2% Drinking water within premises ****49%** **39% Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%** **6% Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%** **92% Use banking services ****37%** **51% Television ****12%** **18% Mobile phone ****60%** **57% Computer with internet ****0%** **1% Two-wheeler ****7%** **9% Car / jeep / van ****1%** **1% None of these assets ****13%** **18% Own their home ****99%** **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 Pakri Kanth? ■ Pakri Kanth · ■ Lalganj rural average Literacy (age 7+) ****74.3%** **69.4% Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****865** **881 Child sex ratio (0–6) ****695** **895 Working population ****31.7%** **31.6% ### Women and men Literacy is 82.3% for men and 65.4% for women. 46% of men and 15% of women work. ### Who works, and at what ********** **■** Cultivators 127 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 164 (33%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 28 (6%) · **■** Marginal 174 (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 Lalganj - Lakhan Sarai TejSingh1,611 people - Rampur Bakhra1,596 people - Dilawarpur1,580 people - Etwarpur Nizamat1,564 people - Pirapur Urf Shahabad1,505 people - Kharauna urf Misraulia1,479 people - paharpur1,433 people - Asadnagar Batraul1,383 people [All 98 villages in Lalganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/vaishali/lalganj/villages/) ## Quick answers - How far is Pakri Kanth from Hajipur?22 km by road - What is the population of Pakri Kanth?1,563 (Census 2011) - Which district is Pakri Kanth in?Vaishali district (Lalganj sub-district), Bihar - What is the literacy rate of Pakri Kanth?74.3% (Census 2011)