# Amarpur Village, Gobindpur, Dhanbad (Jharkhand) – PIN Code

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Village · Gobindpur, Dhanbad 

# Amarpur

Amarpur is a village in Gobindpur sub-district of Dhanbad district, Jharkhand. The 2011 Census counted **3,139 people in 534 households**, the 11th largest of 213 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 67.6%.

- 3,139people (2011)
- 534households
- 71.8%literacy
- 915females per 1,000 males

## Amarpur PIN code and other codes

Amarpur falls in Gobindpur sub-district, Dhanbad district, Jharkhand.

- Gram panchayatAmarpur
- Community development blockGobindpur
- Census village code361777

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

## How far is Amarpur from nearby towns?

- Gobindpur (sub-district HQ)1 km by road
- Dhanbad (district HQ)12 km by road
- Dhanbad (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 Amarpur?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Amarpur; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

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

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Gobindpur
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Ratanpur
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Deoli
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)10 h summer · 11 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 Amarpur known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 31% of the 38 hectares of village land is sown, and 2 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 Amarpur

Of every 100 households in Amarpur in 2011, 89 had electricity, 49 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 65 had a mobile phone, 22 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Amarpur · ■ Gobindpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****89%**

**81%

Toilet within the home ****49%**

**10%

No toilet (open defecation) ****51%**

**89%

Tap water ****9%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****42%**

**17%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****10%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****6%**

**48%

Use banking services ****60%**

**54%

Television ****64%**

**37%

Mobile phone ****65%**

**51%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****22%**

**18%

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

**2%

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

**14%

Own their home ****89%**

**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 Amarpur?

■ Amarpur · ■ Gobindpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.8%**

**67.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****915**

**933

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1008**

**918

Working population ****25.9%**

**40.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.4% for men and 62.3% for women. 43% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 22 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (0%) · **■** Household industry 9 (1%) · **■** Other work 706 (87%) · **■** Marginal 71 (9%)

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 Gobindpur

- Barba3,510 people
- Bagsuma3,449 people
- Barpichhri Kariatanr3,392 people
- Shahrad3,186 people
- Udaypur2,999 people
- Jainagar2,984 people
- Damkarabarwa2,867 people
- Khariabad2,807 people

[All 220 villages in Gobindpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/dhanbad/gobindpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Amarpur from Dhanbad?12 km by road
- What is the population of Amarpur?3,139 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Amarpur in?Dhanbad district (Gobindpur sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Amarpur?71.8% (Census 2011)