# Golokutung Village, Gobindpur, Saraikela-Kharsawan (Jharkhand)

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Village · Gobindpur, Saraikela-Kharsawan 

# Golokutung

Golokutung is a village in Gobindpur sub-district of Saraikela-Kharsawan district, Jharkhand, PIN code **831082**. The 2011 Census counted **528 people in 116 households**, the 115th largest of 246 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 63.2%.

- 528people (2011)
- 116households
- 63.5%literacy
- 831082PIN code

## Golokutung PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Golokutung is 831082.** Golokutung falls in Gobindpur sub-district, Saraikela-Kharsawan district, Jharkhand.

- PIN code831082
- Gram panchayatEdal
- Community development blockGobindpur
- Census village code379560

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

## How far is Golokutung from nearby towns?

- Rajnagar (sub-district HQ)13 km by road
- Sarikela (district HQ)37 km by road
- Jamshedpur (nearest town)40 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 Golokutung?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Golokutung; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Chotanagpur
- ○Degree college10+ km · Saraikela
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Jamshedpur
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)4 h summer · 4 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 Golokutung known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 56% of the 100 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 Golokutung

Of every 100 households in Golokutung in 2011, 71 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 5 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Golokutung · ■ Gobindpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****71%**

**79%

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

**3%

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

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**5%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****66%**

**88%

Use banking services ****97%**

**61%

Television ****16%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****5%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**13%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****3%**

**11%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Golokutung?

■ Golokutung · ■ Gobindpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.5%**

**63.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****934**

**1014

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****744**

**969

Working population ****30.5%**

**43.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.4% for men and 49.1% for women. 56% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 5 (3%) · **■** Other work 23 (14%) · **■** Marginal 133 (83%)

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 Gobindpur

- Lakshmipur554 people
- Bara Dholadih550 people
- Amlatala542 people
- Barhai529 people
- Sosodih528 people
- Jota526 people
- Dangardiha521 people
- Chota Bana517 people

[All 254 villages in Gobindpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/saraikela-kharsawan/gobindpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Golokutung?831082
- How far is Golokutung from Sarikela?37 km by road
- What is the population of Golokutung?528 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Golokutung in?Saraikela-Kharsawan district (Gobindpur sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Golokutung?63.5% (Census 2011)