# Chilku Village, Kharsawan, Saraikela-Kharsawan (Jharkhand) > Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/saraikela-kharsawan/kharsawan/chilku/ Village · Kharsawan, Saraikela-Kharsawan # Chilku Chilku is a village in Kharsawan sub-district of Saraikela-Kharsawan district, Jharkhand, PIN code **833220**. The 2011 Census counted **2,876 people in 592 households**, the 2nd largest of 128 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 65.3%. - 2,876people (2011) - 592households - 63.5%literacy - 833220PIN code ## Chilku PIN code and other codes **The PIN code of Chilku is 833220.** Chilku falls in Kharsawan sub-district, Saraikela-Kharsawan district, Jharkhand. - PIN code833220 - Gram panchayatChilku - Community development blockKharsawan - Census village code378728 Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## How far is Chilku from nearby towns? - Kharsawan (sub-district HQ)3 km by road - Seraikela Kharsawan (district HQ)14 km by road - Seraikela (nearest town)11 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 Chilku? 8 services counted by the Census are inside Chilku; the rest show the distance to the nearest one. ### In the village - ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt - ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt - ●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 schoolunder 5 km · Kharsawan - ○Degree college10+ km · Saraikela - ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Kharsawana - ○Primary health centreunder 5 km - ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km - ○Dispensaryunder 5 km - ○Post officeunder 5 km - ○Public bus service10+ km - ○Railway stationunder 5 km - ○ATMunder 5 km - ○Commercial bankunder 5 km - ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km - ○Mandi / regular market10+ km - ○Public library10+ km ### Water and power - Drinking waterhand pumps, canal / river 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 Chilku known for? The main crops are **rice**. Products made here include tobacco. About 46% of the 415 hectares of village land is sown, and 158 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 Chilku Of every 100 households in Chilku in 2011, 75 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 0 a car. ■ Chilku · ■ Kharsawan rural average Electricity for lighting ****75%** **74% Toilet within the home ****5%** **7% No toilet (open defecation) ****95%** **92% Tap water ****0%** **7% Drinking water within premises ****9%** **8% Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%** **3% Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%** **92% Use banking services ****60%** **71% Television ****26%** **23% Mobile phone ****31%** **36% Computer with internet ****0%** **0% Two-wheeler ****12%** **12% Car / jeep / van ****0%** **1% None of these assets ****23%** **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 Chilku? ■ Chilku · ■ Kharsawan rural average Literacy (age 7+) ****63.5%** **65.3% Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****963** **970 Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1038** **947 Working population ****40.2%** **40.9% ### Women and men Literacy is 75.3% for men and 51.2% for women. 54% of men and 26% of women work. ### Who works, and at what ********** **■** Cultivators 227 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 85 (7%) · **■** Household industry 45 (4%) · **■** Other work 570 (49%) · **■** Marginal 230 (20%) 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 Kharsawan - Kharsawan5,793 people - Riring2,654 people - Kadamdiha2,445 people - Bara Amda2,146 people - Haribhanja2,133 people [All 134 villages in Kharsawan](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/saraikela-kharsawan/kharsawan/villages/) ## Quick answers - What is the PIN code of Chilku?833220 - How far is Chilku from Seraikela Kharsawan?14 km by road - What is the population of Chilku?2,876 (Census 2011) - Which district is Chilku in?Saraikela-Kharsawan district (Kharsawan sub-district), Jharkhand - What is the literacy rate of Chilku?63.5% (Census 2011)