# Alkusa Village, Chas, Bokaro (Jharkhand) – PIN Code

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Village · Chas, Bokaro 

# Alkusa

Alkusa is a village in Chas sub-district of Bokaro district, Jharkhand, PIN code **827013**. The 2011 Census counted **2,876 people in 539 households**, the 29th largest of 126 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.2%.

- 2,876people (2011)
- 539households
- 58.2%literacy
- 827013PIN code

## Alkusa PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Alkusa is 827013.** Alkusa falls in Chas sub-district, Bokaro district, Jharkhand.

- PIN code827013
- Gram panchayatAlkusa
- Community development blockChas
- Census village code362634

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

## How far is Alkusa from nearby towns?

- Chas (sub-district HQ)12 km by road
- Bokaro (district HQ)17 km by road
- Chas (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 Alkusa?

12 services counted by the Census are inside Alkusa; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Cooperative bankIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Bokaro
- ○Degree college10+ km · Chas
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Chas
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)4 h summer · 5 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 Alkusa known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 11% of the 427 hectares of village land is sown.

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

## Homes and amenities in Alkusa

Of every 100 households in Alkusa in 2011, 66 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 5 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Alkusa · ■ Chas rural average

Electricity for lighting ****66%**

**51%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**94%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**13%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****86%**

**72%

Use banking services ****28%**

**48%

Television ****21%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****5%**

**41%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**15%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****26%**

**14%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Alkusa?

■ Alkusa · ■ Chas rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.2%**

**66.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****954**

**931

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****983**

**941

Working population ****23.0%**

**31.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.0% for men and 42.7% for women. 43% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 4 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 12 (2%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 160 (24%) · **■** Marginal 478 (72%)

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 Chas

- Perajera3,043 people
- Chitami2,989 people
- Pokhanna2,954 people
- Bijulia2,905 people
- Ulgara2,868 people
- Kelyadabar2,755 people
- Sonabad2,709 people
- Kurma2,694 people

[All 126 villages in Chas](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/bokaro/chas/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Alkusa?827013
- How far is Alkusa from Bokaro?17 km by road
- What is the population of Alkusa?2,876 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Alkusa in?Bokaro district (Chas sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Alkusa?58.2% (Census 2011)