# Gotaamba Village, Goilkera, Pashchimi Singhbhum (Jharkhand)

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Village · Goilkera, Pashchimi Singhbhum 

# Gotaamba

Gotaamba is a village in Goilkera sub-district of Pashchimi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand, PIN code **833105**. The 2011 Census counted **1,279 people in 266 households**, the 15th largest of 106 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 42.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 46.9%.

- 1,279people (2011)
- 266households
- 42.1%literacy
- 833105PIN code

## Gotaamba PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Gotaamba is 833105.** Gotaamba falls in Goilkera sub-district, Pashchimi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand.

- PIN code833105
- Gram panchayatDuria
- Community development blockGoilkera
- Census village code377558

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

## How far is Gotaamba from nearby towns?

- Podahaat Chakardharpur (sub-district HQ)35 km by road
- Chaibasa (district HQ)50 km by road
- Chakradharpur (nearest town)27 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 Gotaamba?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Gotaamba; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Chakardharpur
- ○Degree college10+ km · Chakardharpur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Chaibasa
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)5 h summer · 8 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 Gotaamba known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 36% of the 331 hectares of village land is sown, and 1 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 Gotaamba

Of every 100 households in Gotaamba in 2011, 22 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 2 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gotaamba · ■ Goilkera rural average

Electricity for lighting ****22%**

**40%

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

**2%

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

**97%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

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

**2%

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

**1%

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

**99%

Use banking services ****22%**

**32%

Television ****1%**

**5%

Mobile phone ****2%**

**12%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****52%**

**38%

Own their home ****98%**

**97%

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 Gotaamba?

■ Gotaamba · ■ Goilkera rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****42.1%**

**46.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****959**

**992

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1007**

**1024

Working population ****45.8%**

**53.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 56.6% for men and 26.7% for women. 51% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 269 (46%) · **■** Farm labourers 18 (3%) · **■** Other work 12 (2%) · **■** Marginal 287 (49%)

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 Goilkera

- Goelkera1,476 people
- Kadamdiha1,389 people
- Kula1,359 people
- Kaeda1,315 people
- Chhotakuira1,254 people
- Arahasa1,196 people
- Golruan1,149 people
- Buruhundru1,147 people

[All 111 villages in Goilkera](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/pashchimi-singhbhum/goilkera/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Gotaamba?833105
- How far is Gotaamba from Chaibasa?50 km by road
- What is the population of Gotaamba?1,279 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gotaamba in?Pashchimi Singhbhum district (Goilkera sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Gotaamba?42.1% (Census 2011)
