# Upardigha Village, Ghatshila, Purbi Singhbhum (Jharkhand)

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Village · Ghatshila, Purbi Singhbhum 

# Upardigha

Upardigha is a village in Ghatshila sub-district of Purbi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand. The 2011 Census counted **423 people in 84 households**, the 85th largest of 152 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 64.0%.

- 423people (2011)
- 84households
- 64.4%literacy
- 1,034females per 1,000 males

## Upardigha PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatKalchite
- Community development blockGhatshila
- Census village code363478

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

## How far is Upardigha from nearby towns?

- Ghatshila (sub-district HQ)14 km by road
- Jamshedpur (district HQ)64 km by road
- Jamshedpur (nearest town)65 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 Upardigha?

13 services counted by the Census are inside Upardigha; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Commercial bankIn village
- ●Cooperative bankIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Digha
- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Ghatshila
- ○Degree college10+ km · Ghatshila
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Ghatshila
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps
- Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 9 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 Upardigha known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 48% of the 15 hectares of village land is sown, and 1 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 Upardigha

Of every 100 households in Upardigha in 2011, 88 had electricity, 51 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Upardigha · ■ Ghatshila rural average

Electricity for lighting ****88%**

**77%

Toilet within the home ****51%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****49%**

**73%

Tap water ****8%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**3%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****71%**

**56%

Television ****25%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**11%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**18%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Upardigha?

■ Upardigha · ■ Ghatshila rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.4%**

**64.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1034**

**984

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1357**

**983

Working population ****60.5%**

**43.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.9% for men and 54.8% for women. 63% of men and 58% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 31 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 47 (18%) · **■** Marginal 176 (69%)

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

- Baliam428 people
- Gohandi425 people
- Ballam423 people
- Thakurbari423 people
- Baitalpur419 people
- Kashiya414 people
- Shalbani399 people
- Paharpur396 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Upardigha from Jamshedpur?64 km by road
- What is the population of Upardigha?423 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Upardigha in?Purbi Singhbhum district (Ghatshila sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Upardigha?64.4% (Census 2011)