# Baikera Village, Sonua, Pashchimi Singhbhum (Jharkhand)

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Village · Sonua, Pashchimi Singhbhum 

# Baikera

Baikera is a village in Sonua sub-district of Pashchimi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand, PIN code **833105**. The 2011 Census counted **1,369 people in 288 households**, the 15th largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 40.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 59.2%.

- 1,369people (2011)
- 288households
- 40.5%literacy
- 833105PIN code

## Baikera PIN code and other codes

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

- PIN code833105
- Gram panchayatBoikera
- Community development blockSonua
- Census village code376929

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

## How far is Baikera from nearby towns?

- Chaibasa (district HQ)66 km by road
- Chakradharpur (nearest town)43 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 Baikera?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Baikera; 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
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Sonuan
- ○Degree college10+ km · Chakardharpur
- ○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 bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, canal / river and tanks / ponds

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 Baikera known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 44% of the 388 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 Baikera

Of every 100 households in Baikera in 2011, 22 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 1 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Baikera · ■ Sonua rural average

Electricity for lighting ****22%**

**54%

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

**4%

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

**94%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

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

**4%

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

**1%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****65%**

**47%

Television ****0%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****1%**

**18%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**6%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****21%**

**31%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Baikera?

■ Baikera · ■ Sonua rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****40.5%**

**59.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1132**

**1012

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1299**

**992

Working population ****65.7%**

**53.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 60.7% for men and 22.1% for women. 68% of men and 64% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 495 (55%) · **■** Farm labourers 11 (1%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 8 (1%) · **■** Marginal 382 (42%)

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 Sonua

- Kankoa1,565 people
- Sonuan1,480 people
- Brindaban1,397 people
- Kachapur1,390 people
- Asantaliya1,363 people
- Golmunda1,357 people
- Jhargoan1,355 people
- Kudaburu1,355 people

[All 107 villages in Sonua](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/pashchimi-singhbhum/sonua/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Baikera?833105
- How far is Baikera from Chaibasa?66 km by road
- What is the population of Baikera?1,369 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baikera in?Pashchimi Singhbhum district (Sonua sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Baikera?40.5% (Census 2011)