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

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Village · Chandi, Nalanda 

# Sumka

Sumka is a village in Chandi sub-district of Nalanda district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,076 people in 184 households**, the 44th largest of 66 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.9%.

- 1,076people (2011)
- 184households
- 78.2%literacy
- 956females per 1,000 males

## Sumka PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatBhagwanpur
- Community development blockChandi
- Census village code244363

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

## How far is Sumka from nearby towns?

- Chandi (sub-district HQ)5 km by road
- Biharsharif (district HQ)30 km by road
- Hilsa (nearest town)25 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 Sumka?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Sumka; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Bhagwanpur
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Chandi
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Harnaut
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)2 h summer · 2 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 Sumka known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 90% of the 116 hectares of village land is sown, and 85 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 Sumka

Of every 100 households in Sumka in 2011, 17 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 64 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sumka · ■ Chandi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****17%**

**8%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**25%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**74%

Tap water ****3%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****28%**

**37%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**92%

Use banking services ****62%**

**50%

Television ****9%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****64%**

**56%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****28%**

**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 Sumka?

■ Sumka · ■ Chandi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.2%**

**64.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****956**

**923

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****950**

**940

Working population ****26.6%**

**38.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.2% for men and 65.6% for women. 35% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 32 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 181 (63%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 42 (15%) · **■** Marginal 30 (10%)

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

- Badaura1,236 people
- Mubarakpur1,153 people
- Jagatpur1,090 people
- Muhammadpur1,088 people
- Shekhpura1,069 people
- Mokimpur1,044 people
- Rupaspur1,017 people
- Daulatpur970 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Sumka from Biharsharif?30 km by road
- What is the population of Sumka?1,076 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sumka in?Nalanda district (Chandi sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Sumka?78.2% (Census 2011)