# Araju Village, Jaridih, Bokaro (Jharkhand) – PIN Code

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Village · Jaridih, Bokaro 

# Araju

Araju is a village in Jaridih sub-district of Bokaro district, Jharkhand, PIN code **829301**. The 2011 Census counted **3,662 people in 779 households**, the 5th largest of 38 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.6%.

- 3,662people (2011)
- 779households
- 70.7%literacy
- 829301PIN code

## Araju PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Araju is 829301.** Araju falls in Jaridih sub-district, Bokaro district, Jharkhand.

- PIN code829301
- Gram panchayatAraju
- Community development blockJaridih
- Census village code362592

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

## How far is Araju from nearby towns?

- Jaridih (sub-district HQ)32 km by road
- Bokaro (district HQ)41 km by road
- Chas (nearest town)41 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 Araju?

11 services counted by the Census are inside Araju; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Bokaro
- ○Degree college10+ km · Bokaro
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bokaro
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds

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 Araju known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 20% of the 840 hectares of village land is sown, and 4 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 Araju

Of every 100 households in Araju in 2011, 0 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Araju · ■ Jaridih rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**84%

Tap water ****3%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**21%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**59%

Use banking services ****40%**

**56%

Television ****10%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**16%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****25%**

**18%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Araju?

■ Araju · ■ Jaridih rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.7%**

**65.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****894**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****819**

**921

Working population ****50.1%**

**39.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.2% for men and 56.8% for women. 54% of men and 45% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 352 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 167 (9%) · **■** Household industry 141 (8%) · **■** Other work 267 (15%) · **■** Marginal 908 (49%)

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 Jaridih

- Tantri11,117 people
- Khutri4,761 people
- Tanr Mohanpur4,554 people
- Bharu3,931 people
- Baradih3,171 people
- Chilgora3,006 people
- Bahadurpur2,819 people
- Gaichhana2,689 people

[All 39 villages in Jaridih](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/bokaro/jaridih/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Araju?829301
- How far is Araju from Bokaro?41 km by road
- What is the population of Araju?3,662 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Araju in?Bokaro district (Jaridih sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Araju?70.7% (Census 2011)