# Pukhuriya Village, Chakulia, Purbi Singhbhum (Jharkhand)

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Village · Chakulia, Purbi Singhbhum 

# Pukhuriya

Pukhuriya is a village in Chakulia sub-district of Purbi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand, PIN code **832301**. The 2011 Census counted **695 people in 135 households**, the 43rd largest of 257 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.3%.

- 695people (2011)
- 135households
- 70.3%literacy
- 832301PIN code

## Pukhuriya PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Pukhuriya is 832301.** Pukhuriya falls in Chakulia sub-district, Purbi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand.

- PIN code832301
- Gram panchayatChandanpur
- Community development blockChakulia
- Census village code364459

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

## How far is Pukhuriya from nearby towns?

- Chakulia (sub-district HQ)18 km by road
- Jamshedpur (district HQ)80 km by road
- Chakulia (nearest town)18 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 Pukhuriya?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Railway stationIn village
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Dhalbhumgarh
- ○Degree college10+ km · Ghatshila
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Jamshedpur
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)9 h summer · 8 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 Pukhuriya known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 25% of the 256 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 Pukhuriya

Of every 100 households in Pukhuriya in 2011, 99 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 93 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Pukhuriya · ■ Chakulia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****99%**

**65%

Toilet within the home ****99%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****1%**

**93%

Tap water ****1%**

**2%

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

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

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

**99%

Use banking services ****100%**

**47%

Television ****8%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****93%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**0%

None of these assets ****2%**

**16%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Pukhuriya?

■ Pukhuriya · ■ Chakulia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.3%**

**64.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****958**

**980

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****852**

**959

Working population ****62.3%**

**48.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.7% for men and 53.5% for women. 59% of men and 65% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 3 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 10 (2%) · **■** Marginal 418 (97%)

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 Chakulia

- Dhengam740 people
- Maurbera739 people
- Kala Pathar704 people
- Machadiha704 people
- Sankhabhanga692 people
- Banriyagajar687 people
- Baliduma684 people
- Bhandaro680 people

[All 269 villages in Chakulia](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/purbi-singhbhum/chakulia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Pukhuriya?832301
- How far is Pukhuriya from Jamshedpur?80 km by road
- What is the population of Pukhuriya?695 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pukhuriya in?Purbi Singhbhum district (Chakulia sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Pukhuriya?70.3% (Census 2011)