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

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Village · Torpa, Khunti 

# Urikel

Urikel is a village in Torpa sub-district of Khunti district, Jharkhand. The 2011 Census counted **2,648 people in 506 households**, the 4th largest of 94 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.6%.

- 2,648people (2011)
- 506households
- 74.8%literacy
- 1,069females per 1,000 males

## Urikel PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatUrikel
- Community development blockTorpa
- Census village code374948

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

## How far is Urikel from nearby towns?

- Khunti (district HQ)40 km by road
- Khunti (nearest town)40 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 Urikel?

14 services counted by the Census are inside Urikel; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 3 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Allopathic hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Torpa
- ○Degree college10+ km · Khunti
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Ranchi
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river 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 Urikel known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 31% of the 1,822 hectares of village land is sown, and 26 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 Urikel

Of every 100 households in Urikel in 2011, 0 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 4 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Urikel · ■ Torpa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**33%

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

**5%

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

**95%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**5%

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

**1%

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

**99%

Use banking services ****9%**

**33%

Television ****0%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****4%**

**23%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**19%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Urikel?

■ Urikel · ■ Torpa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.8%**

**69.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1069**

**1010

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1049**

**990

Working population ****45.6%**

**43.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.4% for men and 66.8% for women. 47% of men and 44% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 466 (39%) · **■** Farm labourers 62 (5%) · **■** Household industry 9 (1%) · **■** Other work 30 (2%) · **■** Marginal 641 (53%)

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

- Sundari4,419 people
- Tapkara4,347 people
- Dorma3,956 people
- Kamra2,299 people
- Okra2,184 people
- Jariya2,076 people
- Icha1,995 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Urikel from Khunti?40 km by road
- What is the population of Urikel?2,648 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Urikel in?Khunti district (Torpa sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Urikel?74.8% (Census 2011)