Village · Tantnagar, Pashchimi Singhbhum
# Tangar Pokharia

Tangar Pokharia is a village in Tantnagar sub-district of Pashchimi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand, PIN code 833201. The 2011 Census counted 1,973 people in 394 households, the 4th largest of 76 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 53.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 58.6%.
- 1,973 people (2011)
- 394 households
- 53.1% literacy
- 833201 PIN code

## Tangar Pokharia PIN code and other codes

The PIN code of Tangar Pokharia is 833201. Tangar Pokharia falls in Tantnagar sub-district, Pashchimi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand.
- PIN code 833201
- Gram panchayat Tangar Pokharia
- Community development block Tantnagar
- Census village code 378194

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## How far is Tangar Pokharia from nearby towns?
- Tantnagar (sub-district HQ) 8 km by road
- Chaibasa (district HQ) 24 km by road
- Chaibasa (nearest town) 24 km by road

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## What facilities are there in Tangar Pokharia?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Tangar Pokharia; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Primary school In village · 1 govt
- ● Middle school In village · 1 govt
- ● Health sub-centre In village · 1
- ● Pucca (black-topped) road In village
- ● All-weather road In village
- ● Ration (PDS) shop In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village
- ● Sports field In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school 5–10 km · Chitimiti
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Chaibasa
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Chaibasa
- ○ Primary health centre 5–10 km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km
- ○ Dispensary 5–10 km
- ○ Post office 10+ km
- ○ Public bus service 10+ km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ ATM 10+ km
- ○ Commercial bank 5–10 km
- ○ Mandi / regular market 10+ km
- ○ Public library 10+ km

### Water and power
- Drinking water hand pumps and tanks / ponds

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Tangar Pokharia known for?

The main crops are rice. About 48% of the 629 hectares of village land is sown.

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## Homes and amenities in Tangar Pokharia

Of every 100 households in Tangar Pokharia in 2011, 0 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 8 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Tangar Pokharia · ■ Tantnagar rural average
- Electricity for lighting 0% 5%
- Toilet within the home 2% 2%
- No toilet (open defecation) 98% 97%
- Tap water 2% 4%
- Drinking water within premises 2% 3%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 0%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 99%
- Use banking services 17% 55%
- Television 1% 2%
- Mobile phone 8% 22%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 5% 9%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 43% 24%
- Own their home 100% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Tangar Pokharia?

■ Tangar Pokharia · ■ Tantnagar rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 53.1% 58.6%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1028 1030
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 862 949
- Working population 50.8% 51.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.3% for men and 38.0% for women. 48% of men and 54% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 571 (57%) · ■ Farm labourers 32 (3%) · ■ Household industry 1 (0%) · ■ Other work 28 (3%) · ■ Marginal 370 (37%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Tantnagar
- Kokcho 2,833 people
- Tantnagar 2,444 people
- Kheriatangar 2,062 people
- Angardiha 1,849 people
- Kumbram 1,782 people
- Kasea 1,679 people
- Gitiladar 1,517 people

All 76 villages in Tantnagar

## Quick answers
- What is the PIN code of Tangar Pokharia? 833201
- How far is Tangar Pokharia from Chaibasa? 24 km by road
- What is the population of Tangar Pokharia? 1,973 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tangar Pokharia in? Pashchimi Singhbhum district (Tantnagar sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Tangar Pokharia? 53.1% (Census 2011)

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