# Amjhar Village, Gawan, Giridih (Jharkhand) – PIN Code

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Village · Gawan, Giridih 

# Amjhar

Amjhar is a village in Gawan sub-district of Giridih district, Jharkhand, PIN code **815313**. The 2011 Census counted **387 people in 59 households**, the 68th largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 49.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 60.9%.

- 387people (2011)
- 59households
- 49.7%literacy
- 815313PIN code

## Amjhar PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Amjhar is 815313.** Amjhar falls in Gawan sub-district, Giridih district, Jharkhand.

- PIN code815313
- Gram panchayatJamdaar
- Community development blockGawan
- Census village code350237

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

## How far is Amjhar from nearby towns?

- Gawan (sub-district HQ)13 km by road
- Giridih (district HQ)89 km by road
- Giridih (nearest town)89 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 Amjhar?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Amjhar; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 3 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Alternative medicine hospitalIn village · 2 · 2 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Gawan
- ○Degree college10+ km · Giridih
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Dhanbad
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds

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 Amjhar known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 1% of the 236 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 Amjhar

Of every 100 households in Amjhar in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 3 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Amjhar · ■ Gawan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**15%

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

**12%

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

**87%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

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

**23%

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

**1%

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

**99%

Use banking services ****3%**

**51%

Television ****0%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****3%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****48%**

**34%

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 Amjhar?

■ Amjhar · ■ Gawan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****49.7%**

**60.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****995**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****884**

**945

Working population ****76.0%**

**41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 62.9% for men and 36.8% for women. 77% of men and 75% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 89 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 15 (5%) · **■** Other work 1 (0%) · **■** Marginal 189 (64%)

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 Gawan

- Kurchi453 people
- Rajpura446 people
- Lauria422 people
- Parsauni413 people
- Donosot365 people
- Dhelua363 people
- Lakhikura359 people
- Ghosi356 people

[All 160 villages in Gawan](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/giridih/gawan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Amjhar?815313
- How far is Amjhar from Giridih?89 km by road
- What is the population of Amjhar?387 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Amjhar in?Giridih district (Gawan sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Amjhar?49.7% (Census 2011)