Village · Potka, Purbi Singhbhum # Tangrain Tangrain is a village in Potka sub-district of Purbi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand, PIN code 831002. The 2011 Census counted 824 people in 183 households, the 76th largest of 283 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 63.3%. - 824 people (2011) - 183 households - 60.6% literacy - 831002 PIN code ## Tangrain PIN code and other codes The PIN code of Tangrain is 831002. Tangrain falls in Potka sub-district, Purbi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand. - PIN code 831002 - Gram panchayat Tangrain - Community development block Potka - Census village code 363856 Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory. ## How far is Tangrain from nearby towns? - Potka (sub-district HQ) 18 km by road - Jamshedpur (district HQ) 32 km by road - Jamshedpur (nearest town) 32 km by road Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory. ## What facilities are there in Tangrain? 12 services counted by the Census are inside Tangrain; the rest show the distance to the nearest one. ### In the village - ● Primary school In village · 1 govt - ● Health sub-centre In village · 1 - ● Dispensary In village · 1 · 1 doctors - ● Pucca (black-topped) road In village - ● All-weather road In village - ● Ration (PDS) shop In village - ● Mandi / regular market In village - ● Weekly haat In village - ● Anganwadi centre In village - ● ASHA health worker In village - ● Community centre In village - ● Polling station In village ### Nearest outside - ○ Senior secondary school 10+ km · Hesal - ○ Degree college 10+ km · Jamshedpur - ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Jamshedpur - ○ Primary health centre 5–10 km - ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km - ○ Post office under 5 km - ○ Public bus service 5–10 km - ○ Railway station 5–10 km - ○ ATM 10+ km - ○ Commercial bank 5–10 km - ○ Public library 10+ km ### Water and power - Drinking water hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds - Electricity (2011) 5 h summer · 5 h winter Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory. Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed. ## What is Tangrain known for? The main crops are rice. About 38% of the 314 hectares of village land is sown, and 1 hectares are irrigated. Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory. ## Homes and amenities in Tangrain Of every 100 households in Tangrain in 2011, 83 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 0 a car. ■ Tangrain · ■ Potka rural average - Electricity for lighting 83% 72% - Toilet within the home 10% 8% - No toilet (open defecation) 90% 92% - Tap water 0% 6% - Drinking water within premises 4% 9% - Cooking with LPG / PNG 2% 3% - Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 94% 83% - Use banking services 39% 34% - Television 17% 21% - Mobile phone 35% 31% - Computer with internet 0% 0% - Two-wheeler 10% 13% - Car / jeep / van 0% 1% - None of these assets 20% 16% - Own their home 100% 96% Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14). ## What is the population of Tangrain? ■ Tangrain · ■ Potka rural average - Literacy (age 7+) 60.6% 63.3% - Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1000 999 - Child sex ratio (0–6) 786 949 - Working population 45.8% 40.0% ### Women and men Literacy is 72.5% for men and 49.2% for women. 57% of men and 34% of women work. ### Who works, and at what ■ Cultivators 52 (14%) · ■ Farm labourers 37 (10%) · ■ Household industry 18 (5%) · ■ Other work 118 (31%) · ■ Marginal 152 (40%) Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts. ## Other villages of similar size in Potka - Bagmara 870 people - Hakai 853 people - Mangru 847 people - Kashidi 835 people - Maghuwasai 813 people - Dokarsai 812 people - Kutsuri 807 people - Porabhumri 804 people All 291 villages in Potka ## Quick answers - What is the PIN code of Tangrain? 831002 - How far is Tangrain from Jamshedpur? 32 km by road - What is the population of Tangrain? 824 (Census 2011) - Which district is Tangrain in? Purbi Singhbhum district (Potka sub-district), Jharkhand - What is the literacy rate of Tangrain? 60.6% (Census 2011) --- Canonical: https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/purbi-singhbhum/potka/tangrain/ · Updated 2026-11-02 · Data: national censuses and statistics offices (sources named in each section); © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); Overture Maps; GeoNames; NASA POWER.