# Gitikenda Village, Noamundi, Pashchimi Singhbhum (Jharkhand)

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Village · Noamundi, Pashchimi Singhbhum 

# Gitikenda

Gitikenda is a village in Noamundi sub-district of Pashchimi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand, PIN code **833218**. The 2011 Census counted **658 people in 135 households**, the 43rd largest of 62 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 43.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 48.7%.

- 658people (2011)
- 135households
- 43.0%literacy
- 833218PIN code

## Gitikenda PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Gitikenda is 833218.** Gitikenda falls in Noamundi sub-district, Pashchimi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand.

- PIN code833218
- Gram panchayatPokhripi
- Community development blockNoamundi
- Census village code377867

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

## How far is Gitikenda from nearby towns?

- Noamundi (sub-district HQ)16 km by road
- Chaibasa (district HQ)56 km by road
- Chaibasa (nearest town)56 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 Gitikenda?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Gitikenda; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary 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
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Jagarnathpur
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Jagarnathpur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Chaibasa
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)2 h summer · 3 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 Gitikenda known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 32% of the 501 hectares of village land is sown, and 0 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 Gitikenda

Of every 100 households in Gitikenda in 2011, 83 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 8 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gitikenda · ■ Noamundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****83%**

**44%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**97%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

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

**2%

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

**0%

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

**100%

Use banking services ****18%**

**23%

Television ****2%**

**4%

Mobile phone ****8%**

**12%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**42%

Own their home ****98%**

**96%

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 Gitikenda?

■ Gitikenda · ■ Noamundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****43.0%**

**48.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****988**

**989

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****866**

**980

Working population ****38.1%**

**44.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 55.8% for men and 30.5% for women. 50% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 143 (57%) · **■** Farm labourers 15 (6%) · **■** Other work 8 (3%) · **■** Marginal 85 (34%)

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 Noamundi

- Latar Kundrijor742 people
- Pokharia722 people
- Aikuti708 people
- Thakura694 people
- Meralgara652 people
- Bokna640 people
- Tareya631 people
- Kuchibera616 people

[All 63 villages in Noamundi](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/pashchimi-singhbhum/noamundi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Gitikenda?833218
- How far is Gitikenda from Chaibasa?56 km by road
- What is the population of Gitikenda?658 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gitikenda in?Pashchimi Singhbhum district (Noamundi sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Gitikenda?43.0% (Census 2011)