# Phatka Village, Torpa, Khunti (Jharkhand) – PIN Code

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Village · Torpa, Khunti 

# Phatka

Phatka is a village in Torpa sub-district of Khunti district, Jharkhand. The 2011 Census counted **1,268 people in 237 households**, the 20th largest of 94 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 51.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.6%.

- 1,268people (2011)
- 237households
- 51.2%literacy
- 948females per 1,000 males

## Phatka PIN code and other codes

Phatka falls in Torpa sub-district, Khunti district, Jharkhand.

- Gram panchayatPhatka
- Community development blockTorpa
- Census village code374941

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

## How far is Phatka from nearby towns?

- Torpa (sub-district HQ)24 km by road
- Khunti (district HQ)54 km by road
- Khunti (nearest town)50 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 Phatka?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Phatka; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Torpa
- ○Degree college10+ km · Khunti
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Ranchi
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river

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 Phatka known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 10% of the 1,231 hectares of village land is sown, and 119 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 Phatka

Of every 100 households in Phatka in 2011, 0 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Phatka · ■ Torpa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**33%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**5%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**95%

Tap water ****18%**

**3%

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

**5%

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

**1%

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

**99%

Use banking services ****29%**

**33%

Television ****0%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**23%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****23%**

**19%

Own their home ****100%**

**96%

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 Phatka?

■ Phatka · ■ Torpa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****51.2%**

**69.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****948**

**1010

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1027**

**990

Working population ****58.2%**

**43.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.9% for men and 37.5% for women. 57% of men and 59% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 477 (65%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (0%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 14 (2%) · **■** Marginal 238 (32%)

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 Torpa

- Banabira1,363 people
- Birta1,352 people
- Sonpurgarh1,344 people
- Kocha1,294 people
- Ronhe1,232 people
- Latauli1,228 people
- Diyankel1,190 people
- Raisimla1,184 people

[All 94 villages in Torpa](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/khunti/torpa/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Phatka from Khunti?54 km by road
- What is the population of Phatka?1,268 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Phatka in?Khunti district (Torpa sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Phatka?51.2% (Census 2011)