# Kochra Village, Hat Gamharia, Pashchimi Singhbhum (Jharkhand)

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Village · Hat Gamharia, Pashchimi Singhbhum 

# Kochra

Kochra is a village in Hat Gamharia sub-district of Pashchimi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand, PIN code **833214**. The 2011 Census counted **2,195 people in 456 households**, the 7th largest of 54 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 48.8%.

- 2,195people (2011)
- 456households
- 67.8%literacy
- 833214PIN code

## Kochra PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kochra is 833214.** Kochra falls in Hat Gamharia sub-district, Pashchimi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand.

- PIN code833214
- Gram panchayatKochra
- Community development blockHat Gamharia
- Census village code378019

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

## How far is Kochra from nearby towns?

- Hat Gamharia (sub-district HQ)45 km by road
- Chaibasa (district HQ)45 km by road
- Chaibasa (nearest town)48 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 Kochra?

13 services counted by the Census are inside Kochra; 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
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Hat Gamharia
- ○Degree college10+ km · Chaibasa
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Chaibasa
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water and hand pumps

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 Kochra known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 4% of the 534 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 Kochra

Of every 100 households in Kochra in 2011, 1 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 11 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kochra · ■ Hat Gamharia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**97%

Tap water ****26%**

**6%

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

**3%

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

**0%

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

**99%

Use banking services ****14%**

**26%

Television ****3%**

**4%

Mobile phone ****11%**

**13%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**0%

None of these assets ****29%**

**45%

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 Kochra?

■ Kochra · ■ Hat Gamharia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.8%**

**48.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****985**

**1012

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****956**

**1020

Working population ****55.9%**

**48.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.1% for men and 54.3% for women. 56% of men and 56% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 388 (32%) · **■** Farm labourers 356 (29%) · **■** Household industry 61 (5%) · **■** Other work 78 (6%) · **■** Marginal 345 (28%)

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 Hat Gamharia

- Kusmunda3,182 people
- Kusmita2,782 people
- Ambdiha2,573 people
- Nurda2,302 people
- Kendposi2,062 people
- Barmita1,971 people
- Baljori1,943 people
- Sindriguya1,896 people

[All 54 villages in Hat Gamharia](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/pashchimi-singhbhum/hat-gamharia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kochra?833214
- How far is Kochra from Chaibasa?45 km by road
- What is the population of Kochra?2,195 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kochra in?Pashchimi Singhbhum district (Hat Gamharia sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Kochra?67.8% (Census 2011)
