# Gangta Kalan Village, Pathargama, Godda (Jharkhand) – PIN Code

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Village · Pathargama, Godda 

# Gangta Kalan

Gangta Kalan is a village in Pathargama sub-district of Godda district, Jharkhand. The 2011 Census counted **1,494 people in 271 households**, the 20th largest of 146 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 61.3%.

- 1,494people (2011)
- 271households
- 64.7%literacy
- 865females per 1,000 males

## Gangta Kalan PIN code and other codes

Gangta Kalan falls in Pathargama sub-district, Godda district, Jharkhand.

- Gram panchayatGangta Kalan 0187
- Community development blockPathargama
- Census village code357027

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

## How far is Gangta Kalan from nearby towns?

- Pathargama (sub-district HQ)10 km by road
- Godda (district HQ)10 km by road
- Godda (nearest town)10 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 Gangta Kalan?

4 services counted by the Census are inside Gangta Kalan; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Pathargama
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Siktiya
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 9 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 Gangta Kalan known for?

About 11% of the 47 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 Gangta Kalan

Of every 100 households in Gangta Kalan in 2011, 49 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gangta Kalan · ■ Pathargama rural average

Electricity for lighting ****49%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**10%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**89%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**14%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****75%**

**76%

Use banking services ****52%**

**37%

Television ****8%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**7%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****37%**

**29%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Gangta Kalan?

■ Gangta Kalan · ■ Pathargama rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.7%**

**61.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****865**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1095**

**957

Working population ****45.2%**

**44.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.5% for men and 44.5% for women. 51% of men and 39% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 15 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 180 (27%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 23 (3%) · **■** Marginal 456 (67%)

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 Pathargama

- Laugai1,670 people
- Chilra1,637 people
- Dumarariya1,533 people
- Siardih1,512 people
- Bandelwar1,469 people
- Lakhanpahari1,427 people
- Boha1,372 people
- Tardiha1,320 people

[All 198 villages in Pathargama](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/godda/pathargama/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Gangta Kalan from Godda?10 km by road
- What is the population of Gangta Kalan?1,494 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gangta Kalan in?Godda district (Pathargama sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Gangta Kalan?64.7% (Census 2011)