# Pauri Village, Potka, Purbi Singhbhum (Jharkhand) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Potka, Purbi Singhbhum 

# Pauri

Pauri is a village in Potka sub-district of Purbi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand. The 2011 Census counted **1,804 people in 402 households**, the 16th largest of 283 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.3%.

- 1,804people (2011)
- 402households
- 75.4%literacy
- 982females per 1,000 males

## Pauri PIN code and other codes

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

- Community development blockPotka
- Census village code363711

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

## How far is Pauri from nearby towns?

- Potka (sub-district HQ)8 km by road
- Purbi Singhbhum (district HQ)18 km by road
- Jamshedpur (nearest town)18 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 Pauri?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Commercial bankIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Hesel
- ○Degree college10+ km · Karandih
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Aaditpur
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps 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 Pauri known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 48% of the 352 hectares of village land is sown, and 361 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 Pauri

Of every 100 households in Pauri in 2011, 67 had electricity, 27 a toilet at home and 17 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 21 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Pauri · ■ Potka rural average

Electricity for lighting ****67%**

**72%

Toilet within the home ****27%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****73%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****24%**

**9%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****17%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****50%**

**83%

Use banking services ****39%**

**34%

Television ****35%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****21%**

**13%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**16%

Own their home ****82%**

**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 Pauri?

■ Pauri · ■ Potka rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.4%**

**63.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****982**

**999

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****815**

**949

Working population ****29.4%**

**40.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.6% for men and 63.4% for women. 49% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 279 (53%) · **■** Farm labourers 107 (20%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 135 (25%) · **■** Marginal 7 (1%)

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

- Bhatin2,000 people
- Kuldiha1,982 people
- Kogda1,925 people
- Tetla1,899 people
- Poradiha1,796 people
- Potka1,770 people
- Rajdoha1,724 people
- Asanbani1,636 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Pauri from Purbi Singhbhum?18 km by road
- What is the population of Pauri?1,804 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pauri in?Purbi Singhbhum district (Potka sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Pauri?75.4% (Census 2011)