# Kanikend Village, Gawan, Giridih (Jharkhand) – PIN Code

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Village · Gawan, Giridih 

# Kanikend

Kanikend is a village in Gawan sub-district of Giridih district, Jharkhand, PIN code **815313**. The 2011 Census counted **177 people in 36 households**, the 107th largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 53.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 60.9%.

- 177people (2011)
- 36households
- 53.8%literacy
- 815313PIN code

## Kanikend PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kanikend is 815313.** Kanikend falls in Gawan sub-district, Giridih district, Jharkhand.

- PIN code815313
- Gram panchayatAmtaro
- Community development blockGawan
- Census village code350202

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

## How far is Kanikend from nearby towns?

- Giridih (district HQ)82 km by road
- Giridih (nearest town)82 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 Kanikend?

5 services counted by the Census are inside Kanikend; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Gawan
- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Gawan
- ○Degree college10+ km · Giridih
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Hazaribagh
- ○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 waterhand pumps, canal / river and tanks / ponds

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 Kanikend known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 33% of the 132 hectares of village land is sown, and 3 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 Kanikend

Of every 100 households in Kanikend in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kanikend · ■ Gawan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**15%

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

**12%

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

**87%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****77%**

**23%

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

**1%

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

**99%

Use banking services ****26%**

**51%

Television ****3%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****43%**

**34%

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 Kanikend?

■ Kanikend · ■ Gawan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****53.8%**

**60.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****883**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****545**

**945

Working population ****23.7%**

**41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.8% for men and 36.6% for women. 44% of men and 1% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

****

**■** Cultivators 14 (33%) · **■** Other work 28 (67%)

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 Gawan

- Khotmanai196 people
- Orporo190 people
- Ahrae186 people
- Tilaia178 people
- Kusumhai175 people
- Dhanasoti166 people
- Dahsarauni162 people
- Belakhunta154 people

[All 160 villages in Gawan](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/giridih/gawan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kanikend?815313
- How far is Kanikend from Giridih?82 km by road
- What is the population of Kanikend?177 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanikend in?Giridih district (Gawan sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Kanikend?53.8% (Census 2011)