# Kanian Kalan Village, Shahkot, Jalandhar (Punjab) – PIN Code

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Village · Shahkot, Jalandhar 

# Kanian Kalan

Kanian Kalan is a village in Shahkot sub-district of Jalandhar district, Punjab, PIN code **144703**. The 2011 Census counted **1,230 people in 245 households**, the 34th largest of 176 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 73.3%.

- 1,230people (2011)
- 245households
- 71.5%literacy
- 144703PIN code

## Kanian Kalan PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kanian Kalan is 144703.** Kanian Kalan falls in Shahkot sub-district, Jalandhar district, Punjab.

- PIN code144703
- Gram panchayatKanian Kalan
- Community development blockShahkot
- Census village code029819

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

## How far is Kanian Kalan from nearby towns?

- Shahkot (sub-district HQ)6 km by road
- Jalandhar (district HQ)42 km by road
- Shahkot (nearest town)6 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 Kanian Kalan?

12 services counted by the Census are inside Kanian Kalan; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Shahkot
- ○Degree college10+ km · Nakodar
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Shahkot
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)14 h summer · 16 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 Kanian Kalan known for?

The main crops are **wheat, sugarcane and rice**. About 95% of the 350 hectares of village land is sown, and 331 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 Kanian Kalan

Of every 100 households in Kanian Kalan in 2011, 98 had electricity, 59 a toilet at home and 20 cooked with LPG; 74 had a mobile phone, 38 a two-wheeler and 7 a car.

■ Kanian Kalan · ■ Shahkot rural average

Electricity for lighting ****98%**

**96%

Toilet within the home ****59%**

**73%

No toilet (open defecation) ****41%**

**26%

Tap water ****14%**

**33%

Drinking water within premises ****67%**

**77%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****20%**

**40%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****76%**

**56%

Use banking services ****55%**

**71%

Television ****81%**

**83%

Mobile phone ****74%**

**81%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**3%

Two-wheeler ****38%**

**54%

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

**12%

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

**4%

Own their home ****99%**

**96%

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 Kanian Kalan?

■ Kanian Kalan · ■ Shahkot rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.5%**

**73.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****889**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****842**

**862

Working population ****36.0%**

**36.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.7% for men and 65.6% for women. 56% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 94 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 40 (9%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 157 (35%) · **■** Marginal 151 (34%)

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 Shahkot

- Haveli1,324 people
- Sichewali1,270 people
- Lasuri1,243 people
- Kang Kalan1,239 people
- Parjian Khurd1,227 people
- Rame1,218 people
- Danewal1,172 people
- Sadiqpur1,155 people

[All 179 villages in Shahkot](https://wherepedia.org/india/punjab/jalandhar/shahkot/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kanian Kalan?144703
- How far is Kanian Kalan from Jalandhar?42 km by road
- What is the population of Kanian Kalan?1,230 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanian Kalan in?Jalandhar district (Shahkot sub-district), Punjab
- What is the literacy rate of Kanian Kalan?71.5% (Census 2011)
