Kahna is a village in
Kapurthala district of
Punjab
Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising ...
State, India. It is located from
Kapurthala, which is both district and sub-district headquarters of Kahna. The village is
administrated by a
Sarpanch
A sarpanch ( IAST: ''Sarpañch'' Hindi: ''सरपंच'') or Gram Pradhan or Mukhiya is a decision-maker, elected by the village-level constitutional body of local self-government called the Gram Sabha (village government) in India. The Sarp ...
who is an
elected representative of village as per the
constitution of India
The Constitution of India (IAST: ) is the supreme law of India. The document lays down the framework that demarcates fundamental political code, structure, procedures, powers, and duties of government institutions and sets out fundamental ri ...
and
Panchayati raj (India)
Panchayati Raj (Council of five officials) is the system of local self-government of villages in rural India as opposed to urban and suburban municipalities.
It consists of the Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) through which the self-gov ...
.
Demography
According to the report published by
Census India in 2011, Kahna has total number of 131 houses and population of 710 of which include 339 males and 371 females.
Literacy
Literacy in its broadest sense describes "particular ways of thinking about and doing reading and writing" with the purpose of understanding or expressing thoughts or ideas in written form in some specific context of use. In other words, huma ...
rate of Kahna is 78.47%, higher than state average of 75.84%. The population of children under the age of 6 years is 69 which is 9.72% of total population of Kahna, and child sex ratio is approximately 1226, higher than state average of 846.
Population data
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Villages in Kapurthala
Villages in Kapurthala district
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