# Banakata Village, Potka, Purbi Singhbhum (Jharkhand)

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Village · Potka, Purbi Singhbhum 

# Banakata

Banakata is a village in Potka sub-district of Purbi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand, PIN code **831002**. The 2011 Census counted **391 people in 70 households**, the 166th largest of 283 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 35.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 63.3%.

- 391people (2011)
- 70households
- 35.5%literacy
- 831002PIN code

## Banakata PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Banakata is 831002.** Banakata falls in Potka sub-district, Purbi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand.

- PIN code831002
- Gram panchayatHeasra
- Community development blockPotka
- Census village code363751

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

## How far is Banakata from nearby towns?

- Jamshedpur (district HQ)35 km by road
- Jugsalai (nearest town)33 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 Banakata?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Banakata; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Karandih
- ○Degree college10+ km · Jamshedpur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Jamshedpur
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps
- Electricity (2011)7 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 Banakata known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 34% of the 406 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 Banakata

Of every 100 households in Banakata in 2011, 59 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Banakata · ■ Potka rural average

Electricity for lighting ****59%**

**72%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**9%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**83%

Use banking services ****0%**

**34%

Television ****9%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**13%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**16%

Own their home ****99%**

**96%

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 Banakata?

■ Banakata · ■ Potka rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****35.5%**

**63.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1069**

**999

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****780**

**949

Working population ****59.6%**

**40.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 54.7% for men and 18.8% for women. 54% of men and 64% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 11 (5%) · **■** Other work 5 (2%) · **■** Marginal 217 (93%)

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 Potka

- Ranikudar410 people
- Rohinibera405 people
- Jojodih398 people
- Patharbhanga396 people
- Bara Hariyan386 people
- Narayanpur384 people
- Mohanadi379 people
- Jhapan378 people

[All 291 villages in Potka](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/purbi-singhbhum/potka/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Banakata?831002
- How far is Banakata from Jamshedpur?35 km by road
- What is the population of Banakata?391 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Banakata in?Purbi Singhbhum district (Potka sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Banakata?35.5% (Census 2011)