# Kokcho Village, Tantnagar, Pashchimi Singhbhum (Jharkhand)

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Village · Tantnagar, Pashchimi Singhbhum 

# Kokcho

Kokcho is a village in Tantnagar sub-district of Pashchimi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand, PIN code **833201**. The 2011 Census counted **2,833 people in 554 households**, the 1st largest of 76 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 58.6%.

- 2,833people (2011)
- 554households
- 64.5%literacy
- 833201PIN code

## Kokcho PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kokcho is 833201.** Kokcho falls in Tantnagar sub-district, Pashchimi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand.

- PIN code833201
- Gram panchayatKokcho
- Community development blockTantnagar
- Census village code378129

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

## How far is Kokcho from nearby towns?

- Tantnagar (sub-district HQ)3 km by road
- Pashchimi Singhbhum Chaibasa (district HQ)15 km by road
- Chaibasa (nearest town)15 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 Kokcho?

14 services counted by the Census are inside Kokcho; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Chaibasa
- ○Degree college10+ km · Chaibasa
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Chaibasa
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps 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 Kokcho known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 70% of the 741 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 Kokcho

Of every 100 households in Kokcho in 2011, 0 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Kokcho · ■ Tantnagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**5%

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

**2%

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

**97%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

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

**3%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**99%

Use banking services ****56%**

**55%

Television ****4%**

**2%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****23%**

**24%

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 Kokcho?

■ Kokcho · ■ Tantnagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.5%**

**58.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****992**

**1030

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****761**

**949

Working population ****47.0%**

**51.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.5% for men and 53.1% for women. 49% of men and 45% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 315 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 119 (9%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 120 (9%) · **■** Marginal 770 (58%)

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 Tantnagar

- Tantnagar2,444 people
- Kheriatangar2,062 people
- Tangar Pokharia1,973 people
- Angardiha1,849 people

[All 76 villages in Tantnagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/pashchimi-singhbhum/tantnagar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kokcho?833201
- How far is Kokcho from Pashchimi Singhbhum Chaibasa?15 km by road
- What is the population of Kokcho?2,833 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kokcho in?Pashchimi Singhbhum district (Tantnagar sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Kokcho?64.5% (Census 2011)
