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

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Village · Nirsa-Cum-Chirkunda, Dhanbad 

# Magurdi

Magurdi is a village in Nirsa-Cum-Chirkunda sub-district of Dhanbad district, Jharkhand. The 2011 Census counted **759 people in 152 households**, the 137th largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.7%.

- 759people (2011)
- 152households
- 52.4%literacy
- 941females per 1,000 males

## Magurdi PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatBhagabandh
- Community development blockNirsa-Cum-Chirkunda
- Census village code361969

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

## How far is Magurdi from nearby towns?

- Chirkunda (sub-district HQ)26 km by road
- Dhanbad (district HQ)40 km by road
- Chirkunda (nearest town)26 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 Magurdi?

18 services counted by the Census are inside Magurdi; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●TB clinicIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Allopathic hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Alternative medicine hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●DispensaryIn village · 2 · 1 doctors
- ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile health clinicIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Nirsa
- ○Degree college10+ km · Dhanbad
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Dhanbad
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)6 h summer · 8 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 Magurdi known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 4% of the 333 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 Magurdi

Of every 100 households in Magurdi in 2011, 76 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 5 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Magurdi · ■ Nirsa-Cum-Chirkunda rural average

Electricity for lighting ****76%**

**79%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**14%

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

**5%

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

**37%

Use banking services ****8%**

**53%

Television ****16%**

**47%

Mobile phone ****5%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**19%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****4%**

**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 Magurdi?

■ Magurdi · ■ Nirsa-Cum-Chirkunda rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****52.4%**

**65.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****941**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1053**

**945

Working population ****39.1%**

**36.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.8% for men and 32.6% for women. 62% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 37 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 15 (5%) · **■** Household industry 24 (8%) · **■** Other work 106 (36%) · **■** Marginal 115 (39%)

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

- Raghunathpur Alias Nepura796 people
- Laghata785 people
- Salgaria780 people
- Gabhla775 people
- Singpur749 people
- Makunddi748 people
- Baidpur740 people
- Padyang724 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Magurdi from Dhanbad?40 km by road
- What is the population of Magurdi?759 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Magurdi in?Dhanbad district (Nirsa-Cum-Chirkunda sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Magurdi?52.4% (Census 2011)