Village · Kuchai, Saraikela-Kharsawan
# Maranghatu

Maranghatu is a village in Kuchai sub-district of Saraikela-Kharsawan district, Jharkhand, PIN code 833101. The 2011 Census counted 1,688 people in 345 households, the 5th largest of 99 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 53.0%.
- 1,688 people (2011)
- 345 households
- 65.3% literacy
- 833101 PIN code

## Maranghatu PIN code and other codes

The PIN code of Maranghatu is 833101. Maranghatu falls in Kuchai sub-district, Saraikela-Kharsawan district, Jharkhand.
- PIN code 833101
- Gram panchayat Maranghatu
- Community development block Kuchai
- Census village code 378543

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

## How far is Maranghatu from nearby towns?
- Kuchai (sub-district HQ) 2 km by road
- Sarikela (district HQ) 30 km by road
- Jamshedpur (nearest town) 70 km by road

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

## What facilities are there in Maranghatu?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Maranghatu; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Primary school In village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ● Middle school In village · 1 govt
- ● Maternity & child welfare centre In village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ● 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
- ● Community centre In village
- ● Polling station In village

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

### Water and power
- Drinking water hand pumps and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011) 10 h summer · 14 h winter

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

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Maranghatu known for?

The main crops are rice. About 56% of the 303 hectares of village land is sown.

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

## Homes and amenities in Maranghatu

Of every 100 households in Maranghatu in 2011, 51 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Maranghatu · ■ Kuchai rural average
- Electricity for lighting 51% 20%
- Toilet within the home 1% 2%
- No toilet (open defecation) 99% 96%
- Tap water 0% 12%
- Drinking water within premises 7% 3%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 0%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 100%
- Use banking services 90% 60%
- Television 6% 5%
- Mobile phone 29% 17%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 7% 6%
- Car / jeep / van 1% 1%
- None of these assets 14% 25%
- Own their home 100% 99%

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

## What is the population of Maranghatu?

■ Maranghatu · ■ Kuchai rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 65.3% 53.0%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1022 983
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 747 946
- Working population 49.9% 50.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.0% for men and 50.1% for women. 45% of men and 55% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 117 (14%) · ■ Farm labourers 8 (1%) · ■ Household industry 1 (0%) · ■ Other work 45 (5%) · ■ Marginal 672 (80%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Kuchai
- Aruwan 2,404 people
- Baruhatu 2,061 people
- Bandolohar 1,793 people
- Rugudih 1,781 people
- Jogohatu 1,650 people
- Siringda 1,641 people
- Dhunadih 1,337 people
- Kuchai 1,315 people

All 100 villages in Kuchai

## Other places named Maranghatu
- Maranghatu · Village, Khunti, Khunti · 405 people

## Quick answers
- What is the PIN code of Maranghatu? 833101
- How far is Maranghatu from Sarikela? 30 km by road
- What is the population of Maranghatu? 1,688 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maranghatu in? Saraikela-Kharsawan district (Kuchai sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Maranghatu? 65.3% (Census 2011)

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