# Ruchap Village, Chandil, Saraikela-Kharsawan (Jharkhand) > Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/saraikela-kharsawan/chandil/ruchap/ Village · Chandil, Saraikela-Kharsawan # Ruchap Ruchap is a village in Chandil sub-district of Saraikela-Kharsawan district, Jharkhand, PIN code **832401**. The 2011 Census counted **4,147 people in 832 households**, the 1st largest of 104 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.0%. - 4,147people (2011) - 832households - 78.1%literacy - 832401PIN code ## Ruchap PIN code and other codes **The PIN code of Ruchap is 832401.** Ruchap falls in Chandil sub-district, Saraikela-Kharsawan district, Jharkhand. - PIN code832401 - Gram panchayatRuchap - Community development blockChandil - Census village code378825 Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## How far is Ruchap from nearby towns? - Chandil (sub-district HQ)5 km by road - Sarikela - Kharswana (district HQ)40 km by road - Jamshedpur (nearest town)30 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 Ruchap? 19 services counted by the Census are inside Ruchap; the rest show the distance to the nearest one. ### In the village - ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 6 private - ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt · 4 private - ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private - ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●Allopathic hospitalIn village · 1 · 2 doctors - ●Alternative medicine hospitalIn village · 4 · 4 doctors - ●DispensaryIn village · 2 · 2 doctors - ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 - ●Sub post officeIn village - ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village - ●All-weather roadIn village - ●ATMIn village - ●Commercial bankIn village - ●Cooperative bankIn village - ●Agricultural credit societyIn village - ●Anganwadi centreIn village - ●ASHA health workerIn village - ●Polling stationIn village ### Nearest outside - ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Ruchap - ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Chandil - ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Jamshedpur - ○Post office10+ km - ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km - ○Railway stationunder 5 km - ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km - ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km - ○Public library5–10 km ### Water and power - Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds - Electricity (2011)11 h summer · 9 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 Ruchap known for? The main crops are **rice**. About 14% of the 288 hectares of village land is sown, and 1 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 Ruchap Of every 100 households in Ruchap in 2011, 82 had electricity, 44 a toilet at home and 36 cooked with LPG; 67 had a mobile phone, 28 a two-wheeler and 4 a car. ■ Ruchap · ■ Chandil rural average Electricity for lighting ****82%** **57% Toilet within the home ****44%** **10% No toilet (open defecation) ****56%** **89% Tap water ****17%** **6% Drinking water within premises ****38%** **11% Cooking with LPG / PNG ****36%** **5% Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****44%** **87% Use banking services ****84%** **54% Television ****56%** **23% Mobile phone ****67%** **38% Computer with internet ****2%** **1% Two-wheeler ****28%** **14% Car / jeep / van ****4%** **2% None of these assets ****15%** **23% Own their home ****92%** **94% 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 Ruchap? ■ Ruchap · ■ Chandil rural average Literacy (age 7+) ****78.1%** **64.0% Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****878** **956 Child sex ratio (0–6) ****829** **943 Working population ****34.1%** **40.2% ### Women and men Literacy is 87.1% for men and 68.0% for women. 48% of men and 18% of women work. ### Who works, and at what ********** **■** Cultivators 101 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 161 (11%) · **■** Household industry 5 (0%) · **■** Other work 798 (56%) · **■** Marginal 351 (25%) 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 Chandil - Asan Bani3,876 people - Tamilia3,792 people - Khunti3,487 people - Ghoraling3,454 people [All 104 villages in Chandil](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/saraikela-kharsawan/chandil/villages/) ## Quick answers - What is the PIN code of Ruchap?832401 - How far is Ruchap from Sarikela - Kharswana?40 km by road - What is the population of Ruchap?4,147 (Census 2011) - Which district is Ruchap in?Saraikela-Kharsawan district (Chandil sub-district), Jharkhand - What is the literacy rate of Ruchap?78.1% (Census 2011)