Village · Buhana, Jhunjhunun
# Ghardana Kalan

Ghardana Kalan is a village in Buhana sub-district of Jhunjhunun district, Rajasthan, PIN code 333516. The 2011 Census counted 2,600 people in 512 households, the 14th largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.6%.
- 2,600 people (2011)
- 512 households
- 73.0% literacy
- 333516 PIN code

## Ghardana Kalan PIN code and other codes

The PIN code of Ghardana Kalan is 333516. Ghardana Kalan falls in Buhana sub-district, Jhunjhunun district, Rajasthan.
- PIN code 333516
- Community development block Buhana
- Census village code 071390

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

## How far is Ghardana Kalan from nearby towns?
- Buhana (sub-district HQ) 35 km by road
- Jhunjhunun (district HQ) 52 km by road
- Chirawa (nearest town) 17 km by road

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

## What facilities are there in Ghardana Kalan?

25 services counted by the Census are inside Ghardana Kalan; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Pre-primary school In village · 2 private
- ● Primary school In village · 2 govt · 2 private
- ● Middle school In village · 1 govt · 2 private
- ● Secondary school In village · 2 private
- ● Senior secondary school In village · 2 private
- ● Health sub-centre In village · 1
- ● Maternity & child welfare centre In village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ● Dispensary In village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ● Sub post office In village
- ● Mobile phone coverage In village
- ● Internet / Common Service Centre In village
- ● Private bus service In village
- ● Pucca (black-topped) road In village
- ● All-weather road In village
- ● ATM In village
- ● Commercial bank In village
- ● Cooperative bank In village
- ● Agricultural credit society In village
- ● Ration (PDS) shop In village
- ● Mandi / regular market In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village
- ● Community centre In village
- ● Sports field In village
- ● Polling station In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Chirawa
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Gardanakhurd
- ○ Primary health centre 10+ km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km
- ○ Post office 10+ km
- ○ Public bus service 10+ km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ Public library 10+ km

### Water and power
- Drinking water treated tap water, untreated tap water, covered wells, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011) 8 h summer · 12 h winter

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

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Ghardana Kalan known for?

The main crops are bajara, guar and mung. Products made here include wooden furnitur. About 83% of the 846 hectares of village land is sown, and 498 hectares are irrigated.

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

## Homes and amenities in Ghardana Kalan

Of every 100 households in Ghardana Kalan in 2011, 73 had electricity, 35 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 82 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Ghardana Kalan · ■ Buhana rural average
- Electricity for lighting 73% 71%
- Toilet within the home 35% 35%
- No toilet (open defecation) 65% 65%
- Tap water 59% 45%
- Drinking water within premises 30% 29%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 5% 21%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 94% 79%
- Use banking services 71% 69%
- Television 36% 46%
- Mobile phone 82% 77%
- Computer with internet 1% 1%
- Two-wheeler 10% 19%
- Car / jeep / van 4% 4%
- None of these assets 13% 15%
- Own their home 99% 98%

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

## What is the population of Ghardana Kalan?

■ Ghardana Kalan · ■ Buhana rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 73.0% 75.6%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 932 926
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 686 774
- Working population 42.4% 42.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.8% for men and 59.8% for women. 45% of men and 39% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 493 (45%) · ■ Farm labourers 50 (5%) · ■ Household industry 18 (2%) · ■ Other work 163 (15%) · ■ Marginal 378 (34%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Buhana
- Dhani Hukma 3,212 people
- Bhir 3,141 people
- Kuhadwas 3,131 people
- Makado 2,841 people
- Bhaloth 2,568 people
- Sultana Ahiran 2,540 people
- Jhanjha 2,437 people
- Santor 2,432 people

All 137 villages in Buhana

## Quick answers
- What is the PIN code of Ghardana Kalan? 333516
- How far is Ghardana Kalan from Jhunjhunun? 52 km by road
- What is the population of Ghardana Kalan? 2,600 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghardana Kalan in? Jhunjhunun district (Buhana sub-district), Rajasthan
- What is the literacy rate of Ghardana Kalan? 73.0% (Census 2011)

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