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

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Village · Erki, Khunti 

# Tusunga

Tusunga is a village in Erki sub-district of Khunti district, Jharkhand. The 2011 Census counted **200 people in 37 households**, the 110th largest of 128 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 46.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 54.2%.

- 200people (2011)
- 37households
- 46.1%literacy
- 923females per 1,000 males

## Tusunga PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatKochang
- Community development blockErki
- Census village code375326

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

## How far is Tusunga from nearby towns?

- Erki (sub-district HQ)32 km by road
- Khunti (district HQ)62 km by road
- Khunti (nearest town)62 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 Tusunga?

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

### In the village

- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Tutui
- ○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
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ 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 Tusunga known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 2% of the 148 hectares of village land is sown, and 61 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 Tusunga

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

■ Tusunga · ■ Erki rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**9%

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

**2%

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

**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 ****68%**

**32%

Television ****0%**

**4%

Mobile phone ****3%**

**13%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****24%**

**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 Tusunga?

■ Tusunga · ■ Erki rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****46.1%**

**54.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****923**

**991

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****591**

**942

Working population ****56.5%**

**55.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.4% for men and 28.9% for women. 57% of men and 56% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 32 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 60 (53%) · **■** Other work 2 (2%) · **■** Marginal 19 (17%)

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

- Dhoba202 people
- Pandudih202 people
- Gorahapa200 people
- Koil200 people
- Charadih198 people
- Chirudih182 people
- Dundi181 people
- Tekniyan181 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Tusunga from Khunti?62 km by road
- What is the population of Tusunga?200 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tusunga in?Khunti district (Erki sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Tusunga?46.1% (Census 2011)