Village · Kharsawan, Saraikela-Kharsawan
# Boragaon

Boragaon is a village in Kharsawan sub-district of Saraikela-Kharsawan district, Jharkhand, PIN code 833220. The 2011 Census counted 716 people in 137 households, the 45th largest of 128 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.3%.
- 716 people (2011)
- 137 households
- 74.4% literacy
- 833220 PIN code

## Boragaon PIN code and other codes

The PIN code of Boragaon is 833220. Boragaon falls in Kharsawan sub-district, Saraikela-Kharsawan district, Jharkhand.
- PIN code 833220
- Gram panchayat Chilku
- Community development block Kharsawan
- Census village code 378752

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## How far is Boragaon from nearby towns?
- Kharsawan (sub-district HQ) 9 km by road
- Seraikela Kharsawan (district HQ) 25 km by road
- Seraikela (nearest town) 22 km by road

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## What facilities are there in Boragaon?

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

### In the village
- ● Primary school In village · 1 govt
- ● Mobile phone coverage In village
- ● Pucca (black-topped) road In village
- ● All-weather road In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village
- ● Polling station In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school 5–10 km · Kharsawan
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Sarikela
- ○ ITI / vocational school 5–10 km · Kharsawana
- ○ Primary health centre 5–10 km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 5–10 km
- ○ Dispensary 5–10 km
- ○ Post office under 5 km
- ○ Public bus service 10+ km
- ○ Railway station 5–10 km
- ○ ATM 5–10 km
- ○ Commercial bank 5–10 km
- ○ Ration (PDS) shop under 5 km
- ○ Mandi / regular market 10+ km
- ○ Public library 10+ km

### Water and power
- Drinking water hand pumps, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011) 8 h summer · 10 h winter

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Boragaon known for?

The main crops are rice. About 51% of the 194 hectares of village land is sown, and 74 hectares are irrigated.

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## Homes and amenities in Boragaon

Of every 100 households in Boragaon in 2011, 88 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 62 had a mobile phone, 30 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Boragaon · ■ Kharsawan rural average
- Electricity for lighting 88% 74%
- Toilet within the home 2% 7%
- No toilet (open defecation) 98% 92%
- Tap water 0% 7%
- Drinking water within premises 8% 8%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 3%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 92%
- Use banking services 72% 71%
- Television 36% 23%
- Mobile phone 62% 36%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 30% 12%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 4% 17%
- Own their home 98% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Boragaon?

■ Boragaon · ■ Kharsawan rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 74.4% 65.3%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 956 970
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 966 947
- Working population 31.0% 40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.4% for men and 61.9% for women. 48% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 37 (17%) · ■ Farm labourers 8 (4%) · ■ Household industry 3 (1%) · ■ Other work 149 (67%) · ■ Marginal 25 (11%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Kharsawan
- Asantalia 755 people
- Raijama 752 people
- Gajudih 741 people
- Bara Sargidih 737 people
- Telangjari 709 people
- Asura 699 people
- Tirildih 683 people
- Sandeburu 670 people

All 134 villages in Kharsawan

## Quick answers
- What is the PIN code of Boragaon? 833220
- How far is Boragaon from Seraikela Kharsawan? 25 km by road
- What is the population of Boragaon? 716 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Boragaon in? Saraikela-Kharsawan district (Kharsawan sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Boragaon? 74.4% (Census 2011)

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