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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Kula is a village in Goilkera mandal, West Singhbhum district, Jharkhand, with a population of 1,359 across 320 households. The village has a literacy rate of 46.5% and is located at coordinates 22.498°N, 85.422°E.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Ladgu Kerai
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- LGD code
- 377596
- Pincode
- 833103
- Post office
- Goilkera
- Population
- 1,359
- Households
- 320
- Literacy rate
- 46.5%
- Sex ratio
- 1001 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 746
- Distance to district centre
- 84 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 182 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 95 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 302 km
- Nearest railway station
- Goilkera · 4 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Dr Pradhans Health Center · 10 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kula compares
By population, Kula ranks #13 of 114 villages in Goilkera mandal.
Literacy rate
%
46.5%
+9.3% vs mandal average
- Kula
- 46.5%
- Goilkera mandal
- 37.2%
- West Singhbhum district
- 48.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,001
+7 vs mandal average
- Kula
- 1,001
- Goilkera mandal
- 994
Household size
people per home
4.2
−0.7 vs mandal average
- Kula
- 4.2
- Goilkera mandal
- 4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kula at a glance
Kula is a village of 1,359 people in 320 households (Census 2011) in Goilkera block, West Singhbhum district, Jharkhand, the 13th-largest of 114 villages in Goilkera block. Literacy is 47%, 9 points above the block average of 37% and the sex ratio is 1,001 women per 1,000 men. It lies 84 km from the West Singhbhum district centre, 4 km from Goilkera railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 833103, served by Goilkera post office; the LGD village code is 377596. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dr Pradhans Health Center, 10 km away. The sarpanch is Ladgu Kerai, and the village votes in Nirsa assembly constituency, represented by MLA Arup Chatterjee. The population is estimated at 1,602 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kula
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 6
- Power hours (winter)
- 8
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- CHAKRADHARPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 34
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 57
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 8
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BILLA
- Total area (ha)
- 146.74
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kula
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kula
- LGD code
- 377596
- Pincode
- 833103
- Post office
- Goilkera
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,359
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,602
- Households
- 320
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1001
- Literacy rate
- 46.5%
- Coordinates
- 22.49839°N, 85.42181°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Dhanbad
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Nirsa
- Member of Parliament
- Dulu Mahato
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Arup Chatterjee
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Ladgu Kerai
- Block / Mandal
- Goilkera
Getting there
How to reach Kula
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi95 kmcapital
- Kolkata302 km
- Hyderabad921 km
- Delhi1068 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationGoilkera4 km
- Hospital / PHCDr Pradhans Health Center10 km
- ATM / bankSBI ATM.38 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil Petrol Pump28 km
- Police stationJhikpani Police Station38 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Kula
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Shiv MandirTemple3.1 km ↗
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Kula
2 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
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