# Dorkasai Village, Potka, Purbi Singhbhum (Jharkhand)

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Village · Potka, Purbi Singhbhum 

# Dorkasai

Dorkasai is a village in Potka sub-district of Purbi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand, PIN code **832102**. The 2011 Census counted **1,037 people in 231 households**, the 56th largest of 283 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.3%.

- 1,037people (2011)
- 231households
- 80.9%literacy
- 832102PIN code

## Dorkasai PIN code and other codes

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

- PIN code832102
- Gram panchayatHatibindh
- Community development blockPotka
- Census village code363642

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

## How far is Dorkasai from nearby towns?

- Potka (sub-district HQ)25 km by road
- Jamshedpur (district HQ)30 km by road
- Jugsalai (nearest town)28 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 Dorkasai?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Asanbani
- ○Degree college10+ km · Jamshedpur
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Hatibindha
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, 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 Dorkasai known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 21% of the 172 hectares of village land is sown, and 172 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 Dorkasai

Of every 100 households in Dorkasai in 2011, 96 had electricity, 42 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 20 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dorkasai · ■ Potka rural average

Electricity for lighting ****96%**

**72%

Toilet within the home ****42%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****58%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****45%**

**9%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****54%**

**83%

Use banking services ****38%**

**34%

Television ****37%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****20%**

**13%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****6%**

**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 Dorkasai?

■ Dorkasai · ■ Potka rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.9%**

**63.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****931**

**999

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1042**

**949

Working population ****28.6%**

**40.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.2% for men and 73.0% for women. 52% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 73 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 29 (10%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 147 (49%) · **■** Marginal 45 (15%)

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

- Dabanki1,071 people
- Sohada1,065 people
- Bara Banduya1,041 people
- Janamdi1,040 people
- Tangarsai1,037 people
- Kundru Kocha1,010 people
- Matkamdi977 people
- Basila974 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Dorkasai?832102
- How far is Dorkasai from Jamshedpur?30 km by road
- What is the population of Dorkasai?1,037 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dorkasai in?Purbi Singhbhum district (Potka sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Dorkasai?80.9% (Census 2011)