# Pairaguri Village, Ghatshila, Purbi Singhbhum (Jharkhand)

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Village · Ghatshila, Purbi Singhbhum 

# Pairaguri

Pairaguri is a village in Ghatshila sub-district of Purbi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand. The 2011 Census counted **1,318 people in 291 households**, the 11th largest of 152 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.0%.

- 1,318people (2011)
- 291households
- 67.1%literacy
- 1,025females per 1,000 males

## Pairaguri PIN code and other codes

Pairaguri falls in Ghatshila sub-district, Purbi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand.

- Gram panchayatBarakhursi
- Community development blockGhatshila
- Census village code363604

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

## How far is Pairaguri from nearby towns?

- Ghatshila (sub-district HQ)14 km by road
- Jamshedpur (district HQ)32 km by road
- Jamshedpur (nearest town)32 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 Pairaguri?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Ghatshila
- ○Degree college10+ km · Ghatshila
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Ghatshila
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)2 h summer · 2 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 Pairaguri known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 72% of the 233 hectares of village land is sown, and 3 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 Pairaguri

Of every 100 households in Pairaguri in 2011, 64 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Pairaguri · ■ Ghatshila rural average

Electricity for lighting ****64%**

**77%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**73%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**11%

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

**3%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****49%**

**56%

Television ****33%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**11%

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

**1%

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

**18%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Pairaguri?

■ Pairaguri · ■ Ghatshila rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.1%**

**64.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1025**

**984

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1210**

**983

Working population ****49.4%**

**43.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.2% for men and 56.9% for women. 59% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 16 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 11 (2%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 88 (14%) · **■** Marginal 533 (82%)

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 Ghatshila

- Ulda1,902 people
- Phulpal1,684 people
- Barakhursi1,580 people
- Hendaljuri1,384 people
- Upar Paora1,310 people
- Barbil1,305 people
- Jarisa1,266 people
- Baki1,253 people

[All 157 villages in Ghatshila](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/purbi-singhbhum/ghatshila/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Pairaguri from Jamshedpur?32 km by road
- What is the population of Pairaguri?1,318 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pairaguri in?Purbi Singhbhum district (Ghatshila sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Pairaguri?67.1% (Census 2011)
