# Goalkata Village, Potka, Purbi Singhbhum (Jharkhand)

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Village · Potka, Purbi Singhbhum 

# Goalkata

Goalkata is a village in Potka sub-district of Purbi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand, PIN code **831002**. The 2011 Census counted **1,455 people in 336 households**, the 28th largest of 283 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 42.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 63.3%.

- 1,455people (2011)
- 336households
- 42.1%literacy
- 831002PIN code

## Goalkata PIN code and other codes

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

- PIN code831002
- Gram panchayatGoalkata
- Community development blockPotka
- Census village code363801

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

## How far is Goalkata 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 Goalkata?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Goalkata; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Ghatshila
- ○Degree college10+ km · Jamshedpur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Jamshedpur
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)5 h summer · 5 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 Goalkata known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 46% of the 451 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 Goalkata

Of every 100 households in Goalkata in 2011, 85 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 14 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Goalkata · ■ Potka rural average

Electricity for lighting ****85%**

**72%

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

**8%

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

**92%

Tap water ****1%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**9%

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

**3%

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

**83%

Use banking services ****19%**

**34%

Television ****10%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****14%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**13%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****37%**

**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 Goalkata?

■ Goalkata · ■ Potka rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****42.1%**

**63.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1067**

**999

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1083**

**949

Working population ****34.2%**

**40.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 56.1% for men and 28.9% for women. 51% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 77 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 11 (2%) · **■** Other work 42 (8%) · **■** Marginal 367 (74%)

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

- Gitilata1,499 people
- Pichhli1,488 people
- Tilamura1,475 people
- Kamalpur1,460 people
- Gopalpur1,436 people
- Chandpur1,435 people
- Harina1,359 people
- Gangadi1,342 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Goalkata?831002
- How far is Goalkata from Jamshedpur?35 km by road
- What is the population of Goalkata?1,455 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Goalkata in?Purbi Singhbhum district (Potka sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Goalkata?42.1% (Census 2011)