# Kanchanpur Village, Chandankiyari, Bokaro (Jharkhand)

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Village · Chandankiyari, Bokaro 

# Kanchanpur

Kanchanpur is a village in Chandankiyari sub-district of Bokaro district, Jharkhand. The 2011 Census counted **1,219 people in 211 households**, the 65th largest of 122 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.0%.

- 1,219people (2011)
- 211households
- 70.9%literacy
- 914females per 1,000 males

## Kanchanpur PIN code and other codes

Kanchanpur falls in Chandankiyari sub-district, Bokaro district, Jharkhand.

- Gram panchayatSimuliya
- Community development blockChandankiyari
- Census village code362822

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

## How far is Kanchanpur from nearby towns?

- Chandankiyari (sub-district HQ)15 km by road
- Bokaro (district HQ)30 km by road
- Chas (nearest town)25 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 Kanchanpur?

14 services counted by the Census are inside Kanchanpur; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 4 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Railway stationIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Bokaro
- ○Degree college10+ km · Chas
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Chas
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)6 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 Kanchanpur known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 61% of the 147 hectares of village land is sown, and 24 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 Kanchanpur

Of every 100 households in Kanchanpur in 2011, 69 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Kanchanpur · ■ Chandankiyari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****69%**

**33%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**9%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****83%**

**77%

Use banking services ****55%**

**41%

Television ****23%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****53%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**12%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****6%**

**17%

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 Kanchanpur?

■ Kanchanpur · ■ Chandankiyari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.9%**

**63.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****914**

**927

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****862**

**959

Working population ****29.9%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.6% for men and 55.0% for women. 50% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 3 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 10 (3%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 122 (34%) · **■** Marginal 225 (62%)

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 Chandankiyari

- Ghoragara1,290 people
- Chirda1,275 people
- Batboa1,267 people
- Birkham1,265 people
- Agardi1,217 people
- Chandipur1,206 people
- Gurri1,162 people
- Banshgari1,161 people

[All 128 villages in Chandankiyari](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/bokaro/chandankiyari/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Kanchanpur from Bokaro?30 km by road
- What is the population of Kanchanpur?1,219 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanchanpur in?Bokaro district (Chandankiyari sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Kanchanpur?70.9% (Census 2011)