# Aktan Village, Burmu, Ranchi (Jharkhand) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Burmu, Ranchi 

# Aktan

Aktan is a village in Burmu sub-district of Ranchi district, Jharkhand, PIN code **835214**. The 2011 Census counted **748 people in 143 households**, the 46th largest of 77 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.5%.

- 748people (2011)
- 143households
- 68.1%literacy
- 835214PIN code

## Aktan PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Aktan is 835214.** Aktan falls in Burmu sub-district, Ranchi district, Jharkhand.

- PIN code835214
- Gram panchayatSarle
- Community development blockBurmu
- Census village code373371

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

## How far is Aktan from nearby towns?

- Burmu (sub-district HQ)11 km by road
- Ranchi (district HQ)47 km by road
- Ranchi (nearest town)47 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 Aktan?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Allopathic hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Umedanda
- ○Degree college10+ km · Ranchi
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Ranchi
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 8 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 Aktan known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 28% of the 386 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 Aktan

Of every 100 households in Aktan in 2011, 69 had electricity, 70 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Aktan · ■ Burmu rural average

Electricity for lighting ****69%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****70%**

**10%

No toilet (open defecation) ****30%**

**88%

Tap water ****1%**

**3%

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

**4%

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

**1%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****61%**

**67%

Television ****11%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****19%**

**17%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

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 Aktan?

■ Aktan · ■ Burmu rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.1%**

**64.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****953**

**969

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1191**

**967

Working population ****33.6%**

**45.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.4% for men and 52.4% for women. 43% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 33 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 41 (16%) · **■** Other work 47 (19%) · **■** Marginal 130 (52%)

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 Burmu

- Kotari843 people
- Kander796 people
- Ara779 people
- Kanadih753 people
- Arid718 people
- Anatu693 people
- Bangaon679 people
- Karamba660 people

[All 77 villages in Burmu](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/ranchi/burmu/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Aktan?835214
- How far is Aktan from Ranchi?47 km by road
- What is the population of Aktan?748 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Aktan in?Ranchi district (Burmu sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Aktan?68.1% (Census 2011)