# Sankhi Village, Bashant Rai*, Godda (Jharkhand) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Bashant Rai*, Godda 

# Sankhi

Sankhi is a village in Bashant Rai* sub-district of Godda district, Jharkhand, PIN code **814155**. The 2011 Census counted **2,263 people in 346 households**, the 12th largest of 83 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 40.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 54.3%.

- 2,263people (2011)
- 346households
- 40.6%literacy
- 814155PIN code

## Sankhi PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Sankhi is 814155.** Sankhi falls in Bashant Rai* sub-district, Godda district, Jharkhand.

- PIN code814155
- Gram panchayatSankhi
- Community development blockBashant Rai*
- Census village code357089

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

## How far is Sankhi from nearby towns?

- Godda (sub-district HQ)26 km by road
- Godda (district HQ)37 km by road
- Godda (nearest town)37 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 Sankhi?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Sankhi; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

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

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Parsha
- ○Degree college10+ km · Godda
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Dumka
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and canal / river

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 Sankhi known for?

The main crops are **rice**. 

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

## Homes and amenities in Sankhi

Of every 100 households in Sankhi in 2011, 7 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sankhi · ■ Bashant Rai* rural average

Electricity for lighting ****7%**

**7%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**91%

Tap water ****1%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**21%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**83%

Use banking services ****26%**

**40%

Television ****2%**

**5%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**5%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****46%**

**32%

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 Sankhi?

■ Sankhi · ■ Bashant Rai* rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****40.6%**

**54.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****961**

**934

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1004**

**964

Working population ****33.1%**

**37.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 52.0% for men and 28.5% for women. 45% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 192 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 13 (2%) · **■** Other work 49 (7%) · **■** Marginal 494 (66%)

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 Bashant Rai*

- Hilawa2,348 people
- Manjar Buzurg2,310 people
- Medni Chak2,296 people
- Kaithiya2,279 people
- Baghakol2,076 people
- Nimuha2,029 people
- Amarpur Ghal2,028 people
- Beldiha1,634 people

[All 117 villages in Bashant Rai*](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/godda/bashant-rai/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Sankhi?814155
- How far is Sankhi from Godda?37 km by road
- What is the population of Sankhi?2,263 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sankhi in?Godda district (Bashant Rai* sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Sankhi?40.6% (Census 2011)