# Jurkan Village, Hussainganj, Siwan (Bihar) – PIN Code

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/siwan/hussainganj/jurkan/

Village · Hussainganj, Siwan 

# Jurkan

Jurkan is a village in Hussainganj sub-district of Siwan district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **2,988 people in 440 households**, the 23rd largest of 45 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.0%.

- 2,988people (2011)
- 440households
- 64.9%literacy
- 906females per 1,000 males

## Jurkan PIN code and other codes

Jurkan falls in Hussainganj sub-district, Siwan district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatChapiabugurg
- Community development blockHussainganj
- Census village code232001

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

## How far is Jurkan from nearby towns?

- Hussainganj (sub-district HQ)2 km by road
- Siwan (district HQ)4 km by road
- Siwan (nearest town)4 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 Jurkan?

13 services counted by the Census are inside Jurkan; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 2 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Siwan
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Siwan
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Siwan
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ 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 Jurkan known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 88% of the 172 hectares of village land is sown, and 87 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 Jurkan

Of every 100 households in Jurkan in 2011, 27 had electricity, 26 a toilet at home and 9 cooked with LPG; 57 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jurkan · ■ Hussainganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****27%**

**19%

Toilet within the home ****26%**

**29%

No toilet (open defecation) ****52%**

**68%

Tap water ****1%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****86%**

**76%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****9%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**90%

Use banking services ****60%**

**74%

Television ****25%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****57%**

**71%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**11%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****14%**

**12%

Own their home ****99%**

**99%

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 Jurkan?

■ Jurkan · ■ Hussainganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.9%**

**69.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****906**

**965

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****815**

**957

Working population ****27.5%**

**24.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.6% for men and 53.4% for women. 48% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 104 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 100 (12%) · **■** Other work 147 (18%) · **■** Marginal 472 (57%)

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 Hussainganj

- Tetaria3,340 people
- Khajrauni3,091 people
- Faridpur3,043 people
- Karhanu3,008 people
- Salonepur2,923 people
- Hasanpurwa2,883 people
- Pakaulia2,757 people
- Bali2,628 people

[All 46 villages in Hussainganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/siwan/hussainganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Jurkan from Siwan?4 km by road
- What is the population of Jurkan?2,988 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jurkan in?Siwan district (Hussainganj sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Jurkan?64.9% (Census 2011)