# Jorapokhar Village, Sonua, Pashchimi Singhbhum (Jharkhand)

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Village · Sonua, Pashchimi Singhbhum 

# Jorapokhar

Jorapokhar is a village in Sonua sub-district of Pashchimi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand, PIN code **833102**. The 2011 Census counted **481 people in 106 households**, the 58th largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 59.2%.

- 481people (2011)
- 106households
- 70.0%literacy
- 833102PIN code

## Jorapokhar PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Jorapokhar is 833102.** Jorapokhar falls in Sonua sub-district, Pashchimi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand.

- PIN code833102
- Gram panchayatSonapos
- Community development blockSonua
- Census village code376900

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

## How far is Jorapokhar from nearby towns?

- Sonuan (sub-district HQ)2 km by road
- P.Singhbhum (district HQ)51 km by road
- Chakradharpur (nearest town)20 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 Jorapokhar?

5 services counted by the Census are inside Jorapokhar; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

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

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Sonapos
- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Chakardharpur
- ○Degree college10+ km · Jamshedpur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Chaibasa
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)6 h summer · 7 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 Jorapokhar known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 36% of the 29 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 Jorapokhar

Of every 100 households in Jorapokhar in 2011, 98 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 12 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jorapokhar · ■ Sonua rural average

Electricity for lighting ****98%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**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 ****68%**

**47%

Television ****8%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****12%**

**18%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**6%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****42%**

**31%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Jorapokhar?

■ Jorapokhar · ■ Sonua rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.0%**

**59.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****940**

**1012

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****857**

**992

Working population ****54.1%**

**53.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.0% for men and 55.3% for women. 56% of men and 52% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 43 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 10 (4%) · **■** Marginal 206 (79%)

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

- Baika555 people
- Mahuldiha527 people
- Sarandiyapos524 people
- Lakshmipos510 people
- Kerabir473 people
- Gajpur463 people
- Chandipos462 people
- Golasai431 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Jorapokhar?833102
- How far is Jorapokhar from P.Singhbhum?51 km by road
- What is the population of Jorapokhar?481 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jorapokhar in?Pashchimi Singhbhum district (Sonua sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Jorapokhar?70.0% (Census 2011)