# Gandpur Village, Kharsawan, Saraikela-Kharsawan (Jharkhand)

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Village · Kharsawan, Saraikela-Kharsawan 

# Gandpur

Gandpur is a village in Kharsawan sub-district of Saraikela-Kharsawan district, Jharkhand, PIN code **833220**. The 2011 Census counted **963 people in 183 households**, the 22nd largest of 128 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.3%.

- 963people (2011)
- 183households
- 77.5%literacy
- 833220PIN code

## Gandpur PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Gandpur is 833220.** Gandpur falls in Kharsawan sub-district, Saraikela-Kharsawan district, Jharkhand.

- PIN code833220
- Gram panchayatSimla
- Community development blockKharsawan
- Census village code378733

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

## How far is Gandpur from nearby towns?

- Kharsawan (sub-district HQ)2 km by road
- Seraikela Kharsawan (district HQ)2 km by road
- Seraikela (nearest town)2 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 Gandpur?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Kharsawan
- ○Degree college10+ km · Saraikela
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Kharsawana
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes 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 Gandpur known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 97% of the 191 hectares of village land is sown, and 160 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 Gandpur

Of every 100 households in Gandpur in 2011, 94 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Gandpur · ■ Kharsawan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****94%**

**74%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**92%

Tap water ****1%**

**7%

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

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****59%**

**92%

Use banking services ****72%**

**71%

Television ****40%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**12%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****6%**

**17%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Gandpur?

■ Gandpur · ■ Kharsawan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.5%**

**65.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****907**

**970

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****695**

**947

Working population ****40.3%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.3% for men and 68.3% for women. 55% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 13 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (1%) · **■** Household industry 7 (2%) · **■** Other work 167 (43%) · **■** Marginal 198 (51%)

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

- Pat Pat1,150 people
- Kudasing1,099 people
- Silpingda1,066 people
- Telisai1,025 people
- Telaidih956 people
- Losodikir950 people
- Gitilata927 people
- Bara Kurma916 people

[All 134 villages in Kharsawan](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/saraikela-kharsawan/kharsawan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Gandpur?833220
- How far is Gandpur from Seraikela Kharsawan?2 km by road
- What is the population of Gandpur?963 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gandpur in?Saraikela-Kharsawan district (Kharsawan sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Gandpur?77.5% (Census 2011)