Village · Hazaribag, Hazaribagh
# Turaon

Turaon is a village in Hazaribag sub-district of Hazaribagh district, Jharkhand, PIN code 825301. The 2011 Census counted 616 people in 108 households, the 54th largest of 80 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.2%.
- 616 people (2011)
- 108 households
- 59.5% literacy
- 825301 PIN code

## Turaon PIN code and other codes

The PIN code of Turaon is 825301. Turaon falls in Hazaribag sub-district, Hazaribagh district, Jharkhand.
- PIN code 825301
- Gram panchayat Pota
- Community development block Hazaribag
- Census village code 368576

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## How far is Turaon from nearby towns?
- Hazaribagh,Sadar (sub-district HQ) 18 km by road
- Hazaribagh (district HQ) 18 km by road
- Hazaribagh (nearest town) 18 km by road

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## What facilities are there in Turaon?

6 services counted by the Census are inside Turaon; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Pre-primary school In village · 1 private
- ● Primary school In village · 1 govt
- ● Pucca (black-topped) road In village
- ● All-weather road In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school 10+ km · Hazaribag
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Hazaribag
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Hazaribag
- ○ Primary health centre 10+ km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km
- ○ Dispensary 10+ km
- ○ Post office 10+ km
- ○ Public bus service 10+ km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ ATM 10+ km
- ○ Commercial bank 10+ km
- ○ Ration (PDS) shop under 5 km
- ○ Mandi / regular market 10+ km
- ○ Public library 10+ km

### Water and power
- Drinking water hand pumps
- Electricity (2011) 6 h summer · 18 h winter

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Turaon known for?

The main crops are rice. About 6% of the 163 hectares of village land is sown.

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## Homes and amenities in Turaon

Of every 100 households in Turaon in 2011, 10 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Turaon · ■ Hazaribag rural average
- Electricity for lighting 10% 73%
- Toilet within the home 6% 27%
- No toilet (open defecation) 94% 73%
- Tap water 6% 5%
- Drinking water within premises 15% 37%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 9%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 99% 54%
- Use banking services 98% 71%
- Television 9% 43%
- Mobile phone 48% 66%
- Computer with internet 2% 2%
- Two-wheeler 12% 23%
- Car / jeep / van 1% 3%
- None of these assets 24% 13%
- Own their home 95% 94%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Turaon?

■ Turaon · ■ Hazaribag rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 59.5% 75.2%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 828 903
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 615 929
- Working population 47.7% 30.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.6% for men and 46.9% for women. 45% of men and 52% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 125 (43%) · ■ Farm labourers 92 (31%) · ■ Household industry 1 (0%) · ■ Other work 23 (8%) · ■ Marginal 53 (18%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Hazaribag
- Salaiya 744 people
- Dandai Khurd 713 people
- Bocho 712 people
- Kanimurwar 634 people
- Chapwa 594 people
- Seotagarha 591 people
- Dunoresam 578 people
- Ambadih 557 people

All 92 villages in Hazaribag

## Quick answers
- What is the PIN code of Turaon? 825301
- How far is Turaon from Hazaribagh? 18 km by road
- What is the population of Turaon? 616 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Turaon in? Hazaribagh district (Hazaribag sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Turaon? 59.5% (Census 2011)

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