# Katashol Village, Potka, Purbi Singhbhum (Jharkhand)

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Village · Potka, Purbi Singhbhum 

# Katashol

Katashol is a village in Potka sub-district of Purbi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand, PIN code **831002**. The 2011 Census counted **438 people in 90 households**, the 153rd largest of 283 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 63.3%.

- 438people (2011)
- 90households
- 65.1%literacy
- 831002PIN code

## Katashol PIN code and other codes

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

- PIN code831002
- Gram panchayatHarina
- Community development blockPotka
- Census village code363827

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

## How far is Katashol from nearby towns?

- Potka (sub-district HQ)18 km by road
- Jamshedpur (district HQ)48 km by road
- Jugsalai (nearest town)46 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 Katashol?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Katashol; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle 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
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Jamshedpur
- ○Degree college10+ km · Jamshedpur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Jamshedpur
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 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)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 Katashol known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 60% of the 269 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 Katashol

Of every 100 households in Katashol in 2011, 0 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Katashol · ■ Potka rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**72%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**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 ****47%**

**34%

Television ****4%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**13%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****1%**

**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 Katashol?

■ Katashol · ■ Potka rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.1%**

**63.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1096**

**999

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****857**

**949

Working population ****63.9%**

**40.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.6% for men and 54.3% for women. 65% of men and 63% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 1 (0%) · **■** Farm labourers 223 (80%) · **■** Other work 2 (1%) · **■** Marginal 54 (19%)

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

- Makundasai451 people
- Doyarsini446 people
- Lerakocha443 people
- Sidhirsai443 people
- Butgora433 people
- Paharpur431 people
- Phuljhari421 people
- Amlatola420 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Katashol?831002
- How far is Katashol from Jamshedpur?48 km by road
- What is the population of Katashol?438 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Katashol in?Purbi Singhbhum district (Potka sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Katashol?65.1% (Census 2011)