# Garda Amarkunda Village, Jarmundi, Dumka (Jharkhand)

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Village · Jarmundi, Dumka 

# Garda Amarkunda

Garda Amarkunda is a village in Jarmundi sub-district of Dumka district, Jharkhand, PIN code **814120**. The 2011 Census counted **717 people in 155 households**, the 39th largest of 470 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 58.1%.

- 717people (2011)
- 155households
- 59.9%literacy
- 814120PIN code

## Garda Amarkunda PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Garda Amarkunda is 814120.** Garda Amarkunda falls in Jarmundi sub-district, Dumka district, Jharkhand.

- PIN code814120
- Gram panchayatGardaamarkunda
- Community development blockJarmundi
- Census village code370061

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

## How far is Garda Amarkunda from nearby towns?

- Jarmundi (sub-district HQ)15 km by road
- Dumka (district HQ)45 km by road
- Dumka (nearest town)45 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 Garda Amarkunda?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Cooperative bankIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Jarmundi
- ○Degree college10+ km · Dumka
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Dumka
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)10 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 Garda Amarkunda known for?

The main crops are **rice**. Products made here include tobacco, basket and treacle. About 58% of the 130 hectares of village land is sown, and 36 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 Garda Amarkunda

Of every 100 households in Garda Amarkunda in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 6 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Garda Amarkunda · ■ Jarmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**26%

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

**5%

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

**94%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**5%

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

**1%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****44%**

**49%

Television ****0%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****6%**

**23%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****23%**

**27%

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 Garda Amarkunda?

■ Garda Amarkunda · ■ Jarmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.9%**

**58.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****892**

**970

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****794**

**950

Working population ****71.3%**

**49.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.0% for men and 36.8% for women. 69% of men and 73% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 176 (34%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 8 (2%) · **■** Marginal 324 (63%)

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 Jarmundi

- Kordiha726 people
- Barmasiya722 people
- Dhamni719 people
- Aswari718 people
- Kharbila709 people
- Dhabanchipa697 people
- Satpahari693 people
- Kusbad688 people

[All 512 villages in Jarmundi](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/dumka/jarmundi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Garda Amarkunda?814120
- How far is Garda Amarkunda from Dumka?45 km by road
- What is the population of Garda Amarkunda?717 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Garda Amarkunda in?Dumka district (Jarmundi sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Garda Amarkunda?59.9% (Census 2011)