# Bhandra Village, Bandgaon, Pashchimi Singhbhum (Jharkhand)

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Village · Bandgaon, Pashchimi Singhbhum 

# Bhandra

Bhandra is a village in Bandgaon sub-district of Pashchimi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand, PIN code **835216**. The 2011 Census counted **245 people in 45 households**, the 122nd largest of 214 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 54.5%.

- 245people (2011)
- 45households
- 52.7%literacy
- 835216PIN code

## Bhandra PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Bhandra is 835216.** Bhandra falls in Bandgaon sub-district, Pashchimi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand.

- PIN code835216
- Gram panchayatBandgaon
- Community development blockBandgaon
- Census village code377130

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

## How far is Bhandra from nearby towns?

- Bandgaon (sub-district HQ)3 km by road
- Chaibasa (district HQ)73 km by road
- Khunti (nearest town)32 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 Bhandra?

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

### In the village

- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Karudih
- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Khunti
- ○Degree college10+ km · Khunti
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Ranchi
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)4 h summer · 4 h winter

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 Bhandra known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 7% of the 108 hectares of village land is sown, and 2 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 Bhandra

Of every 100 households in Bhandra in 2011, 0 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bhandra · ■ Bandgaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**18%

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

**2%

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

**97%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

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

**2%

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

**0%

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

**99%

Use banking services ****100%**

**49%

Television ****0%**

**4%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**12%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****20%**

**37%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Bhandra?

■ Bhandra · ■ Bandgaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****52.7%**

**54.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****899**

**1002

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1105**

**994

Working population ****48.2%**

**49.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.2% for men and 34.7% for women. 52% of men and 44% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 92 (78%) · **■** Other work 6 (5%) · **■** Marginal 20 (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 Bandgaon

- Harni250 people
- Komdela247 people
- Tomrong247 people
- Pingu246 people
- Daraung245 people
- Shankra242 people
- Bentangar240 people
- Karudih239 people

[All 216 villages in Bandgaon](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/pashchimi-singhbhum/bandgaon/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Bhandra?835216
- How far is Bhandra from Chaibasa?73 km by road
- What is the population of Bhandra?245 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhandra in?Pashchimi Singhbhum district (Bandgaon sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Bhandra?52.7% (Census 2011)