# Ektara Village, Jamua, Giridih (Jharkhand) – PIN Code

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Village · Jamua, Giridih 

# Ektara

Ektara is a village in Jamua sub-district of Giridih district, Jharkhand, PIN code **815318**. The 2011 Census counted **470 people in 69 households**, the 200th largest of 305 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.0%.

- 470people (2011)
- 69households
- 52.7%literacy
- 815318PIN code

## Ektara PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Ektara is 815318.** Ektara falls in Jamua sub-district, Giridih district, Jharkhand.

- PIN code815318
- Gram panchayatChachghra
- Community development blockJamua
- Census village code351330

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

## How far is Ektara from nearby towns?

- Jamua (sub-district HQ)13 km by road
- Giridih (district HQ)16 km by road
- Giridih (nearest town)16 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 Ektara?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Ektara; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Panchamba
- ○Degree college10+ km · Giridih
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Panchba
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps

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 Ektara known for?

The main crops are **rice**. Products made here include bricks. About 8% of the 171 hectares of village land is sown, and 4 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 Ektara

Of every 100 households in Ektara in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 71 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ektara · ■ Jamua rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**6%

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

**6%

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

**94%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

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

**11%

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

**2%

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

**72%

Use banking services ****100%**

**58%

Television ****0%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****71%**

**69%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**17%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****7%**

**14%

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 Ektara?

■ Ektara · ■ Jamua rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****52.7%**

**64.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****967**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**940

Working population ****30.6%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.0% for men and 38.9% for women. 47% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 10 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 113 (78%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 1 (1%) · **■** Marginal 19 (13%)

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 Jamua

- Khariodih Chakmanjo488 people
- Gobindpur484 people
- Chaura483 people
- Kurkuri Pahari474 people
- Bijaidih468 people
- Bansidih464 people
- Ratanpura461 people
- Suknudih455 people

[All 315 villages in Jamua](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/giridih/jamua/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Ektara?815318
- How far is Ektara from Giridih?16 km by road
- What is the population of Ektara?470 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ektara in?Giridih district (Jamua sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Ektara?52.7% (Census 2011)