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Jharkhand Minister inaugurates cafe, dedicating it to "symbol of hard work, skills, self-reliance of rural women"
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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SANTOSH TUDU
Contact: 78****1921
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- LGD code
- 373185
- Pincode
- 814166
- Post office
- Fatehpur (Jamtara)
- Population
- 602
- Households
- 122
- Literacy rate
- 60.3%
- Sex ratio
- 1181 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 189
Census 2011 · in context
How Turka compares
By population, Turka ranks #55 of 179 villages in Fatehpur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
60.3%
+5.0% vs mandal average
- Turka
- 60.3%
- Fatehpur mandal
- 55.3%
- Jamtara district
- 53.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,181
+213 vs mandal average
- Turka
- 1,181
- Fatehpur mandal
- 968
Household size
people per home
4.9
Same as the mandal average
- Turka
- 4.9
- Fatehpur mandal
- 4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Turka at a glance
Turka is a village of 602 people in 122 households (Census 2011) in Fatehpur block, Jamtara district, Jharkhand, the 55th-largest of 179 villages in Fatehpur block. Literacy is 60%, 5 points above the block average of 55% and the sex ratio is 1,181 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 814166, served by Fatehpur (Jamtara) post office; the LGD village code is 373185. The sarpanch is SANTOSH TUDU. The population is estimated at 710 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Bamandiha →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turka · this village | 602 | 60% | — |
| Bamandiha · Fatehpur | 1,304 | 63% | — |
| Karjori · Fatehpur | 986 | 55% | — |
| Khirbani · Fatehpur | 943 | 60% | — |
| Mahishakhura · Fatehpur | 808 | 61% | — |
| Dudhani · Fatehpur | 634 | 53% | — |
| Raghunathpur · Fatehpur | 268 | 78% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Turka
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 2
- Power hours (winter)
- 2
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- DUMKA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 41
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BAVANDIHA
- Total area (ha)
- 238.78
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 18.52
- Forest area (ha)
- 18.23
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Turka
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Turka
- LGD code
- 373185
- Pincode
- 814166
- Post office
- Fatehpur (Jamtara)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 602
- Population (projected 2026)
- 710
- Households
- 122
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1181
- Literacy rate
- 60.3%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Dumka
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Jama
- Member of Parliament
- Nalin Soren
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SANTOSH TUDU
- Block / Mandal
- Fatehpur
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 814166
- FatehpurFatehpur mandal4,107 pop
- BindapatharFatehpur mandal2,156 pop
- PalajoriFatehpur mandal1,754 pop
- ChapuriyaFatehpur mandal1,460 pop
- HathdharaFatehpur mandal1,447 pop
- AgaiyasarmundiFatehpur mandal1,412 pop
- KhijuriaFatehpur mandal1,400 pop
- BamandihaFatehpur mandal1,304 pop
- AnguthiaFatehpur mandal1,263 pop
Same name, different place
Other villages named Turka
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- TurkaTalbehat · Lalitpur, Uttar Pradesh1,065 pop
- TurkaKundam · Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh739 pop
- TurkaMasalia · Dumka, Jharkhand680 pop
- TurkaMauganj · MAUGANJ, Madhya Pradesh204 pop
- TurkaMohanpur · Deoghar, Jharkhand192 pop
- TurkaJawa · Rewa, Madhya Pradesh99 pop
- TurkaLanjigarh · Kalahandi, Odisha52 pop
- TurkaSirmour · Rewa, Madhya Pradesh19 pop
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Turka
Other villages in Fatehpur mandal
View all 60+ →- Fatehpur
- Bindapathar
- Palajori
- Chapuriya
- Hathdhara
- Agaiyasarmundi
- Khijuria
- Bamandiha
- Anguthia
- Dhasania.
- Guhiajori
- Laibani
- Tambajor
- Dumaria
- Karjori
- Khairbani
- Pahargara.
- Kenduatanr
- Khirbani
- Jamjori
- Bandarnacha
- Lakhiabad
- Putuljor
- Kalipathar
- Andharo
- Harirakha
- Khamarbad
- Simladangal
- Janumdih
- Simaldubi
- Asanberia
- Laijori
- Bamanbandhi
- Mahishakhura
- Sugnibasa
- Bardahi
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)