# Kahan Village, Pachhad, Sirmaur (Himachal Pradesh) – PIN Code

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Village · Pachhad, Sirmaur 

# Kahan

Kahan is a village in Pachhad sub-district of Sirmaur district, Himachal Pradesh, PIN code **173024**. The 2011 Census counted **388 people in 65 households**, the 22nd largest of 262 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 85.6%.

- 388people (2011)
- 65households
- 79.0%literacy
- 173024PIN code

## Kahan PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kahan is 173024.** Kahan falls in Pachhad sub-district, Sirmaur district, Himachal Pradesh.

- PIN code173024
- Community development blockPachhad
- Census village code022918

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

## How far is Kahan from nearby towns?

- Sarahan (sub-district HQ)3 km by road
- Nahan (district HQ)38 km by road
- Nahan (nearest town)38 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 Kahan?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Kahan; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Banaha Ki Ser
- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Saranh
- ○Degree college10+ km · Nahan
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Saranh
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)24 h summer · 24 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 Kahan known for?

The main crops are **wheat, barley and maize**. About 11% of the 227 hectares of village land is sown, and 7 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 Kahan

Of every 100 households in Kahan in 2011, 100 had electricity, 80 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 70 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 7 a car.

■ Kahan · ■ Pachhad rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**96%

Toilet within the home ****80%**

**78%

No toilet (open defecation) ****20%**

**22%

Tap water ****79%**

**72%

Drinking water within premises ****68%**

**28%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**16%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**81%

Use banking services ****100%**

**90%

Television ****77%**

**64%

Mobile phone ****70%**

**77%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****7%**

**6%

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

**8%

Own their home ****100%**

**88%

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 Kahan?

■ Kahan · ■ Pachhad rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.0%**

**85.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****448**

**927

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****300**

**918

Working population ****80.4%**

**65.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.6% for men and 75.4% for women. 82% of men and 78% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 12 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (1%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 185 (59%) · **■** Marginal 112 (36%)

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 Pachhad

- Did Ghalut454 people
- Bathioli437 people
- Gadhasar414 people
- Majhgaon Shamlati391 people
- Ghirad-Sandrhol381 people
- Tikri Pajerli378 people
- Dhelon-Barahan377 people
- Khalog367 people

[All 263 villages in Pachhad](https://wherepedia.org/india/himachal-pradesh/sirmaur/pachhad/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kahan?173024
- How far is Kahan from Nahan?38 km by road
- What is the population of Kahan?388 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kahan in?Sirmaur district (Pachhad sub-district), Himachal Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Kahan?79.0% (Census 2011)