# Gargara Village, Topchanchi, Dhanbad (Jharkhand) – PIN Code

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Village · Topchanchi, Dhanbad 

# Gargara

Gargara is a village in Topchanchi sub-district of Dhanbad district, Jharkhand, PIN code **828402**. The 2011 Census counted **162 people in 28 households**, the 95th largest of 105 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.9%.

- 162people (2011)
- 28households
- 75.5%literacy
- 828402PIN code

## Gargara PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Gargara is 828402.** Gargara falls in Topchanchi sub-district, Dhanbad district, Jharkhand.

- PIN code828402
- Gram panchayatLokbad
- Community development blockTopchanchi
- Census village code361386

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

## How far is Gargara from nearby towns?

- Topchanchi (sub-district HQ)5 km by road
- Dhanbad (district HQ)23 km by road
- Dhanbad (nearest town)23 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 Gargara?

21 services counted by the Census are inside Gargara; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 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
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Internet / Common Service CentreIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Railway stationIn village
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Rajgang
- ○Degree college10+ km · Dhanbad
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Dhanbad
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, hand pumps and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)12 h summer · 12 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 Gargara known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 0% of the 15 hectares of village land is sown, and 1 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 Gargara

Of every 100 households in Gargara in 2011, 76 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 59 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gargara · ■ Topchanchi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****76%**

**71%

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

**7%

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

**93%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**21%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**61%

Use banking services ****90%**

**63%

Television ****14%**

**32%

Mobile phone ****59%**

**51%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**16%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****31%**

**20%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Gargara?

■ Gargara · ■ Topchanchi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.5%**

**70.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1132**

**924

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1111**

**909

Working population ****42.0%**

**35.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.6% for men and 68.4% for women. 50% of men and 35% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 35 (51%) · **■** Farm labourers 12 (18%) · **■** Other work 13 (19%) · **■** Marginal 8 (12%)

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 Topchanchi

- Bakspura222 people
- Karnagora198 people
- Pipratanr198 people
- Pathakdih193 people
- Chinpur137 people
- Kalajor119 people
- Bishunpur115 people
- Ramkanali96 people

[All 113 villages in Topchanchi](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/dhanbad/topchanchi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Gargara?828402
- How far is Gargara from Dhanbad?23 km by road
- What is the population of Gargara?162 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gargara in?Dhanbad district (Topchanchi sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Gargara?75.5% (Census 2011)