# Jhagarsai Village, Potka, Purbi Singhbhum (Jharkhand)

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Village · Potka, Purbi Singhbhum 

# Jhagarsai

Jhagarsai is a village in Potka sub-district of Purbi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand. The 2011 Census counted **536 people in 102 households**, the 130th largest of 283 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 63.3%.

- 536people (2011)
- 102households
- 59.2%literacy
- 985females per 1,000 males

## Jhagarsai PIN code and other codes

Jhagarsai falls in Potka sub-district, Purbi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand.

- Gram panchayatSangram
- Community development blockPotka
- Census village code363782

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

## How far is Jhagarsai from nearby towns?

- Potka (sub-district HQ)10 km by road
- Jamshedpur (district HQ)40 km by road
- Jamshedpur (nearest town)40 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 Jhagarsai?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Hishal
- ○Degree college10+ km · Jamshedpur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Jamshedpur
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)2 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 Jhagarsai known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 22% of the 90 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 Jhagarsai

Of every 100 households in Jhagarsai in 2011, 95 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jhagarsai · ■ Potka rural average

Electricity for lighting ****95%**

**72%

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

**8%

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

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**9%

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

**3%

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

**83%

Use banking services ****29%**

**34%

Television ****9%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**13%

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

**1%

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

**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 Jhagarsai?

■ Jhagarsai · ■ Potka rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.2%**

**63.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****985**

**999

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****950**

**949

Working population ****26.7%**

**40.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.0% for men and 39.2% for women. 43% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 17 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 76 (53%) · **■** Other work 36 (25%) · **■** Marginal 14 (10%)

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

- Kope559 people
- Birdha557 people
- Nuagram552 people
- Pariyasai543 people
- Kanikola535 people
- Radur533 people
- Mohuldiha521 people
- Serengdih520 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Jhagarsai from Jamshedpur?40 km by road
- What is the population of Jhagarsai?536 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jhagarsai in?Purbi Singhbhum district (Potka sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Jhagarsai?59.2% (Census 2011)