# Chatro Village, Potka, Purbi Singhbhum (Jharkhand) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Potka, Purbi Singhbhum 

# Chatro

Chatro is a village in Potka sub-district of Purbi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand, PIN code **832102**. The 2011 Census counted **602 people in 135 households**, the 112th largest of 283 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 63.3%.

- 602people (2011)
- 135households
- 64.1%literacy
- 832102PIN code

## Chatro PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Chatro is 832102.** Chatro falls in Potka sub-district, Purbi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand.

- PIN code832102
- Gram panchayatAsanbani
- Community development blockPotka
- Census village code363623

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

## How far is Chatro from nearby towns?

- Potka (sub-district HQ)25 km by road
- Jamsedpur (district HQ)30 km by road
- Jugsalai (nearest town)29 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 Chatro?

12 services counted by the Census are inside Chatro; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn 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

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Asanbani
- ○Degree college10+ km · Jamshedpur
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Bamangora
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river 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 Chatro known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 88% of the 171 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 Chatro

Of every 100 households in Chatro in 2011, 99 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chatro · ■ Potka rural average

Electricity for lighting ****99%**

**72%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

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

**9%

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

**3%

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

**83%

Use banking services ****34%**

**34%

Television ****11%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**13%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****13%**

**16%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Chatro?

■ Chatro · ■ Potka rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.1%**

**63.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****974**

**999

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****617**

**949

Working population ****35.7%**

**40.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.7% for men and 51.9% for women. 52% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 97 (45%) · **■** Farm labourers 33 (15%) · **■** Household industry 15 (7%) · **■** Other work 32 (15%) · **■** Marginal 38 (18%)

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

- Jojosai625 people
- Baram Put619 people
- Bhutka615 people
- Porsa608 people
- Barasai Alias Rangamatiya598 people
- Kharband598 people
- Lakhansai598 people
- Digarsai592 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Chatro?832102
- How far is Chatro from Jamsedpur?30 km by road
- What is the population of Chatro?602 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chatro in?Purbi Singhbhum district (Potka sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Chatro?64.1% (Census 2011)