# Jhirka Village, Nirsa-Cum-Chirkunda, Dhanbad (Jharkhand)

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Village · Nirsa-Cum-Chirkunda, Dhanbad 

# Jhirka

Jhirka is a village in Nirsa-Cum-Chirkunda sub-district of Dhanbad district, Jharkhand. The 2011 Census counted **1,119 people in 200 households**, the 99th largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.7%.

- 1,119people (2011)
- 200households
- 70.3%literacy
- 984females per 1,000 males

## Jhirka PIN code and other codes

Jhirka falls in Nirsa-Cum-Chirkunda sub-district, Dhanbad district, Jharkhand.

- Gram panchayatBalkupa
- Community development blockNirsa-Cum-Chirkunda
- Census village code362076

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

## How far is Jhirka from nearby towns?

- Chirkunda (sub-district HQ)19 km by road
- Dhanbad (district HQ)30 km by road
- Chirkunda (nearest town)19 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 Jhirka?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Jhirka; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Nirsa
- ○Degree college10+ km · Gobindpur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Gobindpur
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 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
- 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 Jhirka known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 23% of the 185 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 Jhirka

Of every 100 households in Jhirka in 2011, 80 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Jhirka · ■ Nirsa-Cum-Chirkunda rural average

Electricity for lighting ****80%**

**79%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**14%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****44%**

**37%

Use banking services ****76%**

**53%

Television ****41%**

**47%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**19%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****13%**

**13%

Own their home ****100%**

**88%

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 Jhirka?

■ Jhirka · ■ Nirsa-Cum-Chirkunda rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.3%**

**65.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****984**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****933**

**945

Working population ****41.7%**

**36.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.8% for men and 56.7% for women. 51% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 65 (14%) · **■** Marginal 401 (86%)

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 Nirsa-Cum-Chirkunda

- Bili1,140 people
- Kunardi1,138 people
- Guliardi1,127 people
- Bhursa1,125 people
- Dulalsol1,118 people
- Gopalganj1,113 people
- Kushiyara1,113 people
- Kayrabank1,100 people

[All 248 villages in Nirsa-Cum-Chirkunda](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/dhanbad/nirsa-cum-chirkunda/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Jhirka from Dhanbad?30 km by road
- What is the population of Jhirka?1,119 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jhirka in?Dhanbad district (Nirsa-Cum-Chirkunda sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Jhirka?70.3% (Census 2011)