# Alargo Village, Chandrapura, Bokaro (Jharkhand) – PIN Code

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Village · Chandrapura, Bokaro 

# Alargo

Alargo is a village in Chandrapura sub-district of Bokaro district, Jharkhand. The 2011 Census counted **2,911 people in 550 households**, the 6th largest of 20 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.4%.

- 2,911people (2011)
- 550households
- 68.3%literacy
- 914females per 1,000 males

## Alargo PIN code and other codes

Alargo falls in Chandrapura sub-district, Bokaro district, Jharkhand.

- Gram panchayatAlargo
- Community development blockChandrapura
- Census village code362267

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

## How far is Alargo from nearby towns?

- Chandrapura (sub-district HQ)10 km by road
- Bokaro (district HQ)25 km by road
- Phusro (nearest town)12 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 Alargo?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Bhandaridah
- ○Degree college10+ km · Phusro-Bermo
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Dhanbad
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 10 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 Alargo known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 77% of the 290 hectares of village land is sown, and 214 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 Alargo

Of every 100 households in Alargo in 2011, 79 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 58 had a mobile phone, 24 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Alargo · ■ Chandrapura rural average

Electricity for lighting ****79%**

**86%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**10%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**90%

Tap water ****8%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****30%**

**27%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****27%**

**20%

Use banking services ****81%**

**74%

Television ****43%**

**48%

Mobile phone ****58%**

**61%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****24%**

**27%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**4%

None of these assets ****20%**

**11%

Own their home ****100%**

**96%

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 Alargo?

■ Alargo · ■ Chandrapura rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.3%**

**71.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****914**

**928

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****942**

**898

Working population ****24.3%**

**31.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.4% for men and 52.9% for women. 41% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 54 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 23 (3%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 181 (26%) · **■** Marginal 444 (63%)

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 Chandrapura

- Kurumba4,820 people
- Taranga4,497 people
- Bandio4,401 people
- Ghatiari3,529 people
- Junori2,753 people
- Karmatanr2,713 people
- Paplo2,667 people
- Bandhdih2,412 people

[All 21 villages in Chandrapura](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/bokaro/chandrapura/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Alargo from Bokaro?25 km by road
- What is the population of Alargo?2,911 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Alargo in?Bokaro district (Chandrapura sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Alargo?68.3% (Census 2011)