# Kolchakra Village, Chakradharpur – PIN Code & Facilities

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Village · Chakradharpur, Pashchimi Singhbhum 

# Kolchakra

Kolchakra is a village in Chakradharpur sub-district of Pashchimi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand, PIN code **833102**. The 2011 Census counted **1,574 people in 356 households**, the 15th largest of 171 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 59.4%.

- 1,574people (2011)
- 356households
- 70.5%literacy
- 833102PIN code

## Kolchakra PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kolchakra is 833102.** Kolchakra falls in Chakradharpur sub-district, Pashchimi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand.

- PIN code833102
- Gram panchayatKolchakra
- Community development blockChakradharpur
- Census village code377292

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

## How far is Kolchakra from nearby towns?

- Chakradharpur (sub-district HQ)3 km by road
- Chaibasa (district HQ)30 km by road
- Chakradharpur (nearest town)3 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 Kolchakra?

13 services counted by the Census are inside Kolchakra; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Cooperative bankIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Chakradharpur
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Chakradharpur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Chaibasa
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)3 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 Kolchakra known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 64% of the 129 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 Kolchakra

Of every 100 households in Kolchakra in 2011, 81 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Kolchakra · ■ Chakradharpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****81%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**4%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**97%

Use banking services ****84%**

**35%

Television ****28%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**20%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**6%

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

**0%

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

**28%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Kolchakra?

■ Kolchakra · ■ Chakradharpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.5%**

**59.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****941**

**1016

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****893**

**976

Working population ****30.6%**

**48.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.5% for men and 56.8% for women. 48% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 14 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 5 (1%) · **■** Household industry 14 (3%) · **■** Other work 259 (54%) · **■** Marginal 190 (39%)

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 Chakradharpur

- Gopinathpur1,759 people
- Jamid1,746 people
- Kuruliya No21,621 people
- Joro1,577 people
- Kendo1,556 people
- Kenke1,543 people
- Chandri1,516 people
- Padmapur1,499 people

[All 181 villages in Chakradharpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/pashchimi-singhbhum/chakradharpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kolchakra?833102
- How far is Kolchakra from Chaibasa?30 km by road
- What is the population of Kolchakra?1,574 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kolchakra in?Pashchimi Singhbhum district (Chakradharpur sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Kolchakra?70.5% (Census 2011)
