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

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Village · Saraikela, Saraikela-Kharsawan 

# Uperdungi

Uperdungi is a village in Saraikela sub-district of Saraikela-Kharsawan district, Jharkhand, PIN code **833220**. The 2011 Census counted **730 people in 145 households**, the 25th largest of 168 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.8%.

- 730people (2011)
- 145households
- 74.9%literacy
- 833220PIN code

## Uperdungi PIN code and other codes

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

- PIN code833220
- Gram panchayatUperdungi
- Community development blockSaraikela
- Census village code379342

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

## How far is Uperdungi from nearby towns?

- Saraikela (sub-district HQ)10 km by road
- Seraikela (district HQ)10 km by road
- Seraikela (nearest town)10 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 Uperdungi?

5 services counted by the Census are inside Uperdungi; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Commercial bankIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Sini
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Saraikela
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Kharsawana
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)4 h summer · 6 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 Uperdungi known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 30% of the 123 hectares of village land is sown, and 2 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 Uperdungi

Of every 100 households in Uperdungi in 2011, 86 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Uperdungi · ■ Saraikela rural average

Electricity for lighting ****86%**

**75%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**93%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****42%**

**88%

Use banking services ****62%**

**57%

Television ****32%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**12%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**0%

None of these assets ****8%**

**16%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Uperdungi?

■ Uperdungi · ■ Saraikela rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.9%**

**62.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****916**

**995

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****684**

**963

Working population ****40.8%**

**41.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.4% for men and 58.7% for women. 54% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 45 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 18 (6%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 94 (32%) · **■** Marginal 139 (47%)

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 Saraikela

- Hatia766 people
- Hensa761 people
- Ghoralang759 people
- Mirgi732 people
- Tirildih711 people
- Noagaon706 people
- Sohandih706 people
- Senisidma691 people

[All 173 villages in Saraikela](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/saraikela-kharsawan/saraikela/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Uperdungi?833220
- How far is Uperdungi from Seraikela?10 km by road
- What is the population of Uperdungi?730 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Uperdungi in?Saraikela-Kharsawan district (Saraikela sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Uperdungi?74.9% (Census 2011)