# Ganak Pada Village, Potka, Purbi Singhbhum (Jharkhand)

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Village · Potka, Purbi Singhbhum 

# Ganak Pada

Ganak Pada is a village in Potka sub-district of Purbi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand, PIN code **831002**. The 2011 Census counted **165 people in 39 households**, the 251st largest of 283 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 63.3%.

- 165people (2011)
- 39households
- 64.8%literacy
- 831002PIN code

## Ganak Pada PIN code and other codes

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

- PIN code831002
- Gram panchayatBhelaidi
- Community development blockPotka
- Census village code363836

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

## How far is Ganak Pada from nearby towns?

- Potka (sub-district HQ)9 km by road
- 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 Ganak Pada?

4 services counted by the Census are inside Ganak Pada; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Khan Diwli
- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Jamshedpur
- ○Degree college10+ km · Jamshedpur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Jamshedpur
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- 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 Ganak Pada known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 59% of the 25 hectares of village land is sown, and 28 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 Ganak Pada

Of every 100 households in Ganak Pada in 2011, 95 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 3 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ganak Pada · ■ Potka rural average

Electricity for lighting ****95%**

**72%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**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 ****5%**

**34%

Television ****3%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****3%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**13%

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

**1%

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

**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 Ganak Pada?

■ Ganak Pada · ■ Potka rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.8%**

**63.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****813**

**999

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****538**

**949

Working population ****35.8%**

**40.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.3% for men and 43.3% for women. 48% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 31 (53%) · **■** Farm labourers 6 (10%) · **■** Household industry 4 (7%) · **■** Other work 4 (7%) · **■** Marginal 14 (24%)

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

- Marangmali168 people
- Rangamatiya168 people
- Sarjamdi168 people
- Baliyagora166 people
- Gitildi163 people
- Danisai Alias Bara Pahari149 people
- Chhota Ramgarh147 people
- Jambani145 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Ganak Pada?831002
- How far is Ganak Pada from Jamshedpur?35 km by road
- What is the population of Ganak Pada?165 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ganak Pada in?Purbi Singhbhum district (Potka sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Ganak Pada?64.8% (Census 2011)