# Kharband Village, Kumardungi, Pashchimi Singhbhum (Jharkhand)

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Village · Kumardungi, Pashchimi Singhbhum 

# Kharband

Kharband is a village in Kumardungi sub-district of Pashchimi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand, PIN code **833214**. The 2011 Census counted **2,208 people in 447 households**, the 4th largest of 60 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 48.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 50.1%.

- 2,208people (2011)
- 447households
- 48.2%literacy
- 833214PIN code

## Kharband PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kharband is 833214.** Kharband falls in Kumardungi sub-district, Pashchimi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand.

- PIN code833214
- Gram panchayatKumardungi
- Community development blockKumardungi
- Census village code378395

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

## How far is Kharband from nearby towns?

- Chaibasa (district HQ)44 km by road
- Chaibasa (nearest town)44 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 Kharband?

19 services counted by the Census are inside Kharband; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Degree college5–10 km · Chaibasa
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Chaibasa
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)5 h summer · 5 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 Kharband known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 19% of the 1,750 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 Kharband

Of every 100 households in Kharband in 2011, 62 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 11 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kharband · ■ Kumardungi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****62%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**97%

Tap water ****12%**

**2%

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

**2%

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

**0%

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

**100%

Use banking services ****16%**

**18%

Television ****4%**

**2%

Mobile phone ****11%**

**11%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****49%**

**41%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Kharband?

■ Kharband · ■ Kumardungi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****48.2%**

**50.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1026**

**1031

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****919**

**958

Working population ****58.2%**

**50.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 57.5% for men and 39.4% for women. 58% of men and 58% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 136 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 340 (26%) · **■** Household industry 19 (1%) · **■** Other work 34 (3%) · **■** Marginal 757 (59%)

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 Kumardungi

- Kumardungi3,195 people
- Kumirta2,373 people
- Tangar2,356 people
- Khandkhori1,977 people
- Barusai1,889 people
- Andhari1,820 people
- Bara Mundui1,512 people

[All 60 villages in Kumardungi](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/pashchimi-singhbhum/kumardungi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kharband?833214
- How far is Kharband from Chaibasa?44 km by road
- What is the population of Kharband?2,208 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kharband in?Pashchimi Singhbhum district (Kumardungi sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Kharband?48.2% (Census 2011)
