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

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Village · Gobindpur, Saraikela-Kharsawan 

# Karko

Karko is a village in Gobindpur sub-district of Saraikela-Kharsawan district, Jharkhand, PIN code **831002**. The 2011 Census counted **341 people in 56 households**, the 177th largest of 246 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.2%.

- 341people (2011)
- 56households
- 66.1%literacy
- 831002PIN code

## Karko PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Karko is 831002.** Karko falls in Gobindpur sub-district, Saraikela-Kharsawan district, Jharkhand.

- PIN code831002
- Gram panchayatGamaharia
- Community development blockGobindpur
- Census village code379588

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

## How far is Karko from nearby towns?

- Rajnagar (sub-district HQ)4 km by road
- Sarikela-Kharswana (district HQ)22 km by road
- Jamshedpur (nearest town)29 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 Karko?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Karko; 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
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Hesal
- ○Degree college10+ km · Jamsedpur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Chaibasa
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 10 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 Karko known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 71% of the 96 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 Karko

Of every 100 households in Karko in 2011, 96 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Karko · ■ Gobindpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****96%**

**79%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**5%

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

**1%

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

**88%

Use banking services ****73%**

**61%

Television ****18%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**13%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****5%**

**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 Karko?

■ Karko · ■ Gobindpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.1%**

**63.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1018**

**1014

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1030**

**969

Working population ****48.4%**

**43.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.3% for men and 58.0% for women. 50% of men and 47% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 162 (98%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (1%) · **■** Marginal 2 (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 Gobindpur

- Madanasai359 people
- Itapokhar358 people
- Dholadih354 people
- Gondamara342 people
- Bikrampur338 people
- Burisiring338 people
- Hatisiring334 people
- Raghunathpur333 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Karko?831002
- How far is Karko from Sarikela-Kharswana?22 km by road
- What is the population of Karko?341 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Karko in?Saraikela-Kharsawan district (Gobindpur sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Karko?66.1% (Census 2011)