# Tuntu Village, Erki, Khunti (Jharkhand) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Erki, Khunti 

# Tuntu

Tuntu is a village in Erki sub-district of Khunti district, Jharkhand. The 2011 Census counted **137 people in 23 households**, the 120th largest of 128 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 54.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 54.2%.

- 137people (2011)
- 23households
- 54.3%literacy
- 1,141females per 1,000 males

## Tuntu PIN code and other codes

Tuntu falls in Erki sub-district, Khunti district, Jharkhand.

- Gram panchayatKochang
- Community development blockErki
- Census village code375350

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

## How far is Tuntu from nearby towns?

- Erki (sub-district HQ)45 km by road
- Khunti (district HQ)75 km by road
- Khunti (nearest town)75 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 Tuntu?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Khunti
- ○Degree college10+ km · Khunti
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Ranchi
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tanks / ponds

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 Tuntu known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 6% of the 243 hectares of village land is sown, and 1 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 Tuntu

Of every 100 households in Tuntu in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 9 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Tuntu · ■ Erki rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**9%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**2%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

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

**3%

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

**0%

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

**100%

Use banking services ****9%**

**32%

Television ****0%**

**4%

Mobile phone ****9%**

**13%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

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

**0%

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

**35%

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 Tuntu?

■ Tuntu · ■ Erki rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****54.3%**

**54.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1141**

**991

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1100**

**942

Working population ****59.9%**

**55.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.5% for men and 41.9% for women. 56% of men and 63% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

****

**■** Cultivators 23 (28%) · **■** Marginal 59 (72%)

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 Erki

- Sayadba179 people
- Kesaribera150 people
- Tarbera146 people
- Dewridih138 people
- Uparganjhari136 people
- Mailpiri128 people
- Ganjudih95 people
- Sobradih91 people

[All 128 villages in Erki](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/khunti/erki/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Tuntu from Khunti?75 km by road
- What is the population of Tuntu?137 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tuntu in?Khunti district (Erki sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Tuntu?54.3% (Census 2011)