# Hurka Village, Tilouthu, Rohtas (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Tilouthu, Rohtas 

# Hurka

Hurka is a village in Tilouthu sub-district of Rohtas district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **3,145 people in 494 households**, the 8th largest of 57 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.2%.

- 3,145people (2011)
- 494households
- 73.9%literacy
- 932females per 1,000 males

## Hurka PIN code and other codes

Hurka falls in Tilouthu sub-district, Rohtas district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatHurka
- Community development blockTilouthu
- Census village code252602

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

## How far is Hurka from nearby towns?

- Tilouthu (sub-district HQ)7 km by road
- Sasaram (district HQ)18 km by road
- Sasaram (nearest town)18 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 Hurka?

27 services counted by the Census are inside Hurka; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt · 2 private
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●TB clinicIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●ATMIn village
- ●Commercial bankIn village
- ●Cooperative bankIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Degree college10+ km · Tilauthu
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Gaya
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)5 h summer · 6 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 Hurka known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 93% of the 422 hectares of village land is sown, and 391 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 Hurka

Of every 100 households in Hurka in 2011, 74 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 72 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Hurka · ■ Tilouthu rural average

Electricity for lighting ****74%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****81%**

**79%

Tap water ****1%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****72%**

**76%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**94%

Use banking services ****58%**

**71%

Television ****24%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****72%**

**71%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

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

**14%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

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 Hurka?

■ Hurka · ■ Tilouthu rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.9%**

**71.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****932**

**913

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****929**

**935

Working population ****25.1%**

**32.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.9% for men and 64.3% for women. 43% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 199 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 192 (24%) · **■** Household industry 70 (9%) · **■** Other work 184 (23%) · **■** Marginal 145 (18%)

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 Tilouthu

- Chanpura4,310 people
- Bhadokhra4,256 people
- Kerpa3,973 people
- Sewahi3,377 people
- Supa Sarae2,938 people
- Chitauli2,736 people
- Mirzapur2,200 people
- Patluka2,102 people

[All 65 villages in Tilouthu](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/rohtas/tilouthu/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Hurka from Sasaram?18 km by road
- What is the population of Hurka?3,145 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Hurka in?Rohtas district (Tilouthu sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Hurka?73.9% (Census 2011)
