# Junka Village, Pakuria, Pakur (Jharkhand) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Pakuria, Pakur 

# Junka

Junka is a village in Pakuria sub-district of Pakur district, Jharkhand. The 2011 Census counted **612 people in 121 households**, the 67th largest of 148 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 53.8%.

- 612people (2011)
- 121households
- 59.4%literacy
- 1,000females per 1,000 males

## Junka PIN code and other codes

Junka falls in Pakuria sub-district, Pakur district, Jharkhand.

- Gram panchayatPakuria
- Community development blockPakuria
- Census village code360914

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

## How far is Junka from nearby towns?

- Pakuria (sub-district HQ)1 km by road
- Dumka (district HQ)58 km by road
- Dumka (nearest town)58 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 Junka?

5 services counted by the Census are inside Junka; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary school5–10 km
- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km
- ○Degree college10+ km · Dumka
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Dumka
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ 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 Junka known for?

About 33% of the 140 hectares of village land is sown.

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

## Homes and amenities in Junka

Of every 100 households in Junka in 2011, 1 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 3 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Junka · ■ Pakuria rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**3%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**93%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

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

**3%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**95%

Use banking services ****7%**

**41%

Television ****2%**

**5%

Mobile phone ****3%**

**19%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**0%

None of these assets ****12%**

**25%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Junka?

■ Junka · ■ Pakuria rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.4%**

**53.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1000**

**1004

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****905**

**973

Working population ****62.6%**

**47.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.8% for men and 48.1% for women. 63% of men and 62% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 9 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 5 (1%) · **■** Household industry 40 (10%) · **■** Other work 7 (2%) · **■** Marginal 322 (84%)

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 Pakuria

- Karmanala648 people
- Ramdebkuri631 people
- Gobindpur628 people
- Salgapara620 people
- Kuchia Bathan612 people
- Chhota Singpur583 people
- Kotaldighi578 people
- Sikharpasni570 people

[All 156 villages in Pakuria](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/pakur/pakuria/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Junka from Dumka?58 km by road
- What is the population of Junka?612 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Junka in?Pakur district (Pakuria sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Junka?59.4% (Census 2011)