# Desma Pahar Village, Kuchai, Saraikela-Kharsawan (Jharkhand) > Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/saraikela-kharsawan/kuchai/desma-pahar/ Village · Kuchai, Saraikela-Kharsawan # Desma Pahar Desma Pahar is a village in Kuchai sub-district of Saraikela-Kharsawan district, Jharkhand, PIN code **833216**. The 2011 Census counted **346 people in 64 households**, the 69th largest of 99 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 39.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 53.0%. - 346people (2011) - 64households - 39.5%literacy - 833216PIN code ## Desma Pahar PIN code and other codes **The PIN code of Desma Pahar is 833216.** Desma Pahar falls in Kuchai sub-district, Saraikela-Kharsawan district, Jharkhand. - PIN code833216 - Gram panchayatBaruhatu - Community development blockKuchai - Census village code378609 Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## How far is Desma Pahar from nearby towns? - Kuchal (sub-district HQ)14 km by road - Seraikela-Kharsawan (district HQ)15 km by road - Seraikela (nearest town)16 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 Desma Pahar? 8 services counted by the Census are inside Desma Pahar; the rest show the distance to the nearest one. ### In the village - ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private - ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt - ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt - ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 - ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village - ●Anganwadi centreIn village - ●ASHA health workerIn village ### Nearest outside - ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Sarikela - ○Degree college10+ km · Saraikela - ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Kharsawana - ○Primary health centre10+ km - ○Allopathic hospital10+ km - ○Dispensary10+ 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 watercanal / river and tanks / ponds 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 Desma Pahar known for? The main crops are **rice**. About 12% of the 696 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 Desma Pahar Of every 100 households in Desma Pahar in 2011, 0 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 0 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car. ■ Desma Pahar · ■ Kuchai rural average Electricity for lighting ****0%** **20% Toilet within the home ****2%** **2% No toilet (open defecation) ****98%** **96% Tap water ****2%** **12% Drinking water within premises ****0%** **3% Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%** **0% Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%** **100% Use banking services ****90%** **60% Television ****2%** **5% Mobile phone ****0%** **17% Computer with internet ****2%** **0% Two-wheeler ****0%** **6% Car / jeep / van ****0%** **1% None of these assets ****82%** **25% Own their home ****100%** **99% 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 Desma Pahar? ■ Desma Pahar · ■ Kuchai rural average Literacy (age 7+) ****39.5%** **53.0% Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****831** **983 Child sex ratio (0–6) ****912** **946 Working population ****52.6%** **50.4% ### Women and men Literacy is 54.2% for men and 21.4% for women. 57% of men and 47% of women work. ### Who works, and at what ******** **■** Cultivators 42 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 31 (17%) · **■** Other work 2 (1%) · **■** Marginal 107 (59%) 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 Kuchai - Taramba378 people - Beyang372 people - Regadih364 people - Todangdih364 people - Kalaidih342 people - Bonodih325 people - Lapsa321 people - Jora Sarjam319 people [All 100 villages in Kuchai](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/saraikela-kharsawan/kuchai/villages/) ## Quick answers - What is the PIN code of Desma Pahar?833216 - How far is Desma Pahar from Seraikela-Kharsawan?15 km by road - What is the population of Desma Pahar?346 (Census 2011) - Which district is Desma Pahar in?Saraikela-Kharsawan district (Kuchai sub-district), Jharkhand - What is the literacy rate of Desma Pahar?39.5% (Census 2011)