# Asanthar Village, Jama, Dumka (Jharkhand) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Jama, Dumka 

# Asanthar

Asanthar is a village in Jama sub-district of Dumka district, Jharkhand, PIN code **814146**. The 2011 Census counted **626 people in 94 households**, the 68th largest of 311 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 61.9%.

- 626people (2011)
- 94households
- 80.5%literacy
- 814146PIN code

## Asanthar PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Asanthar is 814146.** Asanthar falls in Jama sub-district, Dumka district, Jharkhand.

- PIN code814146
- Gram panchayatMohalbona
- Community development blockJama
- Census village code371703

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

## How far is Asanthar from nearby towns?

- Asanthar (sub-district HQ)4 km by road
- Dumka (district HQ)21 km by road
- Dumka (nearest town)21 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 Asanthar?

12 services counted by the Census are inside Asanthar; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn 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 school10+ km · Dumka
- ○Degree college10+ km · Dumka
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Dumka
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 10 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 Asanthar known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 7% of the 168 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 Asanthar

Of every 100 households in Asanthar in 2011, 15 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 10 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Asanthar · ■ Jama rural average

Electricity for lighting ****15%**

**14%

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

**3%

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

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**3%

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

**1%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****24%**

**45%

Television ****4%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****10%**

**23%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****49%**

**24%

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 Asanthar?

■ Asanthar · ■ Jama rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.5%**

**61.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1912**

**982

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****973**

**981

Working population ****32.3%**

**50.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.6% for men and 79.5% for women. 50% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 2 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 16 (8%) · **■** Marginal 183 (91%)

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 Jama

- Makuni650 people
- Majoba644 people
- Kundadih629 people
- Dundia628 people
- Baisa622 people
- Gonchhua622 people
- Upar Rengni618 people
- Dhanadih616 people

[All 320 villages in Jama](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/dumka/jama/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Asanthar?814146
- How far is Asanthar from Dumka?21 km by road
- What is the population of Asanthar?626 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Asanthar in?Dumka district (Jama sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Asanthar?80.5% (Census 2011)