# Gonkura Village, Chandi, Nalanda (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Chandi, Nalanda 

# Gonkura

Gonkura is a village in Chandi sub-district of Nalanda district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,243 people in 232 households**, the 39th largest of 66 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.9%.

- 1,243people (2011)
- 232households
- 76.6%literacy
- 841females per 1,000 males

## Gonkura PIN code and other codes

Gonkura falls in Chandi sub-district, Nalanda district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatTulshi Gardh
- Community development blockChandi
- Census village code244306

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

## How far is Gonkura from nearby towns?

- Chandi (sub-district HQ)9 km by road
- Biharsharif (district HQ)30 km by road
- Hilsa (nearest town)35 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 Gonkura?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Gonkura; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Chandi
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Chandi
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Harnaut
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps

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 Gonkura known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 88% of the 150 hectares of village land is sown, and 111 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 Gonkura

Of every 100 households in Gonkura in 2011, 47 had electricity, 31 a toilet at home and 15 cooked with LPG; 76 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Gonkura · ■ Chandi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****47%**

**8%

Toilet within the home ****31%**

**25%

No toilet (open defecation) ****69%**

**74%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****40%**

**37%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****15%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****84%**

**92%

Use banking services ****78%**

**50%

Television ****29%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****76%**

**56%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****16%**

**33%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Gonkura?

■ Gonkura · ■ Chandi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.6%**

**64.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****841**

**923

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****951**

**940

Working population ****22.8%**

**38.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.4% for men and 64.6% for women. 41% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 97 (34%) · **■** Farm labourers 132 (46%) · **■** Other work 47 (17%) · **■** Marginal 8 (3%)

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 Chandi

- Kachra1,467 people
- Parri1,389 people
- Badarwali1,375 people
- Amraura1,296 people
- Badaura1,236 people
- Mubarakpur1,153 people
- Jagatpur1,090 people
- Muhammadpur1,088 people

[All 71 villages in Chandi](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/nalanda/chandi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Gonkura from Biharsharif?30 km by road
- What is the population of Gonkura?1,243 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gonkura in?Nalanda district (Chandi sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Gonkura?76.6% (Census 2011)