# Kharika Village, Katkamsandi, Hazaribagh (Jharkhand)

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Village · Katkamsandi, Hazaribagh 

# Kharika

Kharika is a village in Katkamsandi sub-district of Hazaribagh district, Jharkhand, PIN code **825334**. The 2011 Census counted **310 people in 61 households**, the 62nd largest of 77 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 44.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.9%.

- 310people (2011)
- 61households
- 44.7%literacy
- 825334PIN code

## Kharika PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kharika is 825334.** Kharika falls in Katkamsandi sub-district, Hazaribagh district, Jharkhand.

- PIN code825334
- Gram panchayatBajha
- Community development blockKatkamsandi
- Census village code368611

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

## How far is Kharika from nearby towns?

- Katkamsandi (sub-district HQ)1 km by road
- Hazaribagh (district HQ)25 km by road
- Hazaribagh (nearest town)25 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 Kharika?

3 services counted by the Census are inside Kharika; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary school5–10 km · Pota
- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Hazaribagh
- ○Degree college10+ km · Hazaribagh
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Hazaribagh
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps
- Electricity (2011)6 h summer · 4 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 Kharika known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 24% of the 221 hectares of village land is sown, and 23 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 Kharika

Of every 100 households in Kharika in 2011, 0 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 57 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kharika · ■ Katkamsandi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**45%

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

**10%

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

**88%

Tap water ****10%**

**3%

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

**19%

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

**1%

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

**87%

Use banking services ****7%**

**63%

Television ****0%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****57%**

**52%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**11%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****28%**

**21%

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 Kharika?

■ Kharika · ■ Katkamsandi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****44.7%**

**65.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****879**

**960

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****571**

**961

Working population ****35.8%**

**36.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 51.5% for men and 37.6% for women. 47% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

****

**■** Farm labourers 1 (1%) · **■** Marginal 110 (99%)

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 Katkamsandi

- Sakarja363 people
- Dharhara343 people
- Harhad332 people
- Amjhar320 people
- Jolhadiha303 people
- Kadma Khurd281 people
- Nachle274 people
- Borogara269 people

[All 81 villages in Katkamsandi](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/hazaribagh/katkamsandi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kharika?825334
- How far is Kharika from Hazaribagh?25 km by road
- What is the population of Kharika?310 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kharika in?Hazaribagh district (Katkamsandi sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Kharika?44.7% (Census 2011)