# Ganga Ahar Village, Chauparan, Hazaribagh (Jharkhand)

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Village · Chauparan, Hazaribagh 

# Ganga Ahar

Ganga Ahar is a village in Chauparan sub-district of Hazaribagh district, Jharkhand, PIN code **825606**. The 2011 Census counted **984 people in 165 households**, the 55th largest of 233 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.1%.

- 984people (2011)
- 165households
- 57.8%literacy
- 825606PIN code

## Ganga Ahar PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Ganga Ahar is 825606.** Ganga Ahar falls in Chauparan sub-district, Hazaribagh district, Jharkhand.

- PIN code825606
- Gram panchayatJagdishpur
- Community development blockChauparan
- Census village code367778

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

## How far is Ganga Ahar from nearby towns?

- Chauparan (sub-district HQ)17 km by road
- Hazaribagh (district HQ)55 km by road
- Jhumri Tilaiya (nearest town)33 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 Ganga Ahar?

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

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Sighrwa
- ○Degree college10+ km · Barhi
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Hazaribag
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)6 h summer · 8 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 Ganga Ahar known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 1% of the 230 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 Ganga Ahar

Of every 100 households in Ganga Ahar in 2011, 83 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 76 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Ganga Ahar · ■ Chauparan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****83%**

**55%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**10%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**90%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**21%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**96%

Use banking services ****95%**

**65%

Television ****2%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****76%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**12%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****22%**

**20%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Ganga Ahar?

■ Ganga Ahar · ■ Chauparan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.8%**

**69.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****926**

**998

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**943

Working population ****48.9%**

**42.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 65.6% for men and 49.2% for women. 54% of men and 44% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 241 (50%) · **■** Farm labourers 209 (43%) · **■** Other work 12 (2%) · **■** Marginal 19 (4%)

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 Chauparan

- Parsatari1,106 people
- Ram Chak1,041 people
- Ambajit1,024 people
- Karma1,016 people
- Nagwan970 people
- Belahi969 people
- Banau967 people
- Amraul924 people

[All 268 villages in Chauparan](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/hazaribagh/chauparan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Ganga Ahar?825606
- How far is Ganga Ahar from Hazaribagh?55 km by road
- What is the population of Ganga Ahar?984 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ganga Ahar in?Hazaribagh district (Chauparan sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Ganga Ahar?57.8% (Census 2011)