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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
AJAY KUMAR KUSHWAHA
Contact: 94****6093
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- LGD code
- 191037
- Pincode
- 274601
- Post office
- Barhaj
- Population
- 1,424
- Households
- 224
- Literacy rate
- 69.4%
- Sex ratio
- 1046 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 496
Census 2011 · in context
How Kahanv compares
By population, Kahanv ranks #76 of 294 villages in Barhaj mandal.
Literacy rate
%
69.4%
+9.4% vs mandal average
- Kahanv
- 69.4%
- Barhaj mandal
- 60.0%
- Deoria district
- 60.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,046
+3 vs mandal average
- Kahanv
- 1,046
- Barhaj mandal
- 1,043
Household size
people per home
6.4
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Kahanv
- 6.4
- Barhaj mandal
- 6.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kahanv at a glance
Kahanv is a village of 1,424 people in 224 households (Census 2011) in Barhaj tehsil, Deoria district, Uttar Pradesh, the 76th-largest of 294 villages in Barhaj tehsil. Literacy is 69%, 9 points above the tehsil average of 60% and the sex ratio is 1,046 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 274601, served by Barhaj post office; the LGD village code is 191037. The sarpanch is AJAY KUMAR KUSHWAHA , and the village votes in Kaiserganj assembly constituency, represented by MLA Anand Kumar. The population is estimated at 1,679 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kahanv
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 1
- Degree college
- 1
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- Yes
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- DEORIA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 0
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 35
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 14
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KATVA0
- Total area (ha)
- 226.38
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 195.62
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kahanv
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kahanv
- LGD code
- 191037
- Pincode
- 274601
- Post office
- Barhaj
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,424
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,679
- Households
- 224
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1046
- Literacy rate
- 69.4%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kaiserganj
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Kaiserganj
- Member of Parliament
- Karan Bhushan Singh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Anand Kumar
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- AJAY KUMAR KUSHWAHA
- Block / Mandal
- Barhaj
- Nearest PHC
- PHC Keertanpur (15.4 km)
- Nearest railway station
- Bahraich (24.5 km)
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 274601
Other villages in Barhaj mandal
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- Sonari
- Mahen Babu
- Mail Bazar
- Telia Kurmi
- Baraka Gaon
- Bahor Dhanouti
- Gander
- Mahui Srikant
- Satrao
- Badya Fulwaria
- Nariyav
- Arila
- Markara
- Dehari
- Mouna Garhwa
- Dewasia Bangar
- Telia Shukla
- Mohra
- Samogar
- Kaithawalia
- Lawarchhi
- Kasli
- Panika
- Narsihdar Bangar
- Nawapar
- Kuiyan
- Marhawa
- Gahila
- Deopar Virsinghpur
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-21
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)