Village · Ghatshila, Purbi Singhbhum
# Kalchiti

Kalchiti is a village in Ghatshila sub-district of Purbi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand. The 2011 Census counted 1,241 people in 278 households, the 16th largest of 152 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.0%.
- 1,241 people (2011)
- 278 households
- 56.5% literacy
- 1,051 females per 1,000 males

## Kalchiti PIN code and other codes

Kalchiti falls in Ghatshila sub-district, Purbi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand.
- Gram panchayat Kalachite
- Community development block Ghatshila
- Census village code 363470

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

## How far is Kalchiti from nearby towns?
- Ghatshila (sub-district HQ) 8 km by road
- Jamshedpur (district HQ) 56 km by road
- Jamshedpur (nearest town) 56 km by road

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

## What facilities are there in Kalchiti?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Kalchiti; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Primary school In village · 1 private
- ● Pucca (black-topped) road In village
- ● All-weather road In village
- ● Ration (PDS) shop In village
- ● Mandi / regular market In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village
- ● Polling station In village

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

### Water and power
- Drinking water hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011) 8 h summer · 9 h winter

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

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Kalchiti known for?

The main crops are rice. About 38% of the 163 hectares of village land is sown, and 14 hectares are irrigated.

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

## Homes and amenities in Kalchiti

Of every 100 households in Kalchiti in 2011, 86 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Kalchiti · ■ Ghatshila rural average
- Electricity for lighting 86% 77%
- Toilet within the home 2% 27%
- No toilet (open defecation) 98% 73%
- Tap water 44% 7%
- Drinking water within premises 4% 11%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 3%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 94%
- Use banking services 68% 56%
- Television 17% 20%
- Mobile phone 20% 30%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 7% 11%
- Car / jeep / van 4% 1%
- None of these assets 9% 18%
- Own their home 100% 97%

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

## What is the population of Kalchiti?

■ Kalchiti · ■ Ghatshila rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 56.5% 64.0%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1051 984
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 897 983
- Working population 41.1% 43.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.3% for men and 45.4% for women. 52% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 69 (14%) · ■ Farm labourers 224 (44%) · ■ Household industry 3 (1%) · ■ Other work 26 (5%) · ■ Marginal 188 (37%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Ghatshila
- Upar Paora 1,310 people
- Barbil 1,305 people
- Jarisa 1,266 people
- Baki 1,253 people
- Baghuriya 1,221 people
- Tamakpal 1,208 people
- Chandrarekha 1,174 people
- Kalajhor 1,113 people

All 157 villages in Ghatshila

## Quick answers
- How far is Kalchiti from Jamshedpur? 56 km by road
- What is the population of Kalchiti? 1,241 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kalchiti in? Purbi Singhbhum district (Ghatshila sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Kalchiti? 56.5% (Census 2011)

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