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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Kalpana Devi
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- LGD code
- 362469
- Pincode
- 829144
- Post office
- Phusro Bazar
- Population
- 10,581
- Households
- 1,934
- Literacy rate
- 55.1%
- Sex ratio
- 946 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 3,442
Census 2011 · in context
How Pichhri compares
By population, Pichhri ranks #1 of 61 villages in Peterwar mandal — the largest.
Literacy rate
%
55.1%
+3.3% vs mandal average
- Pichhri
- 55.1%
- Peterwar mandal
- 51.8%
- Bokaro district
- 61.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
946
+2 vs mandal average
- Pichhri
- 946
- Peterwar mandal
- 944
Household size
people per home
5.5
+0.4 vs mandal average
- Pichhri
- 5.5
- Peterwar mandal
- 5.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pichhri at a glance
Pichhri is a village of 10,581 people in 1,934 households (Census 2011) in Peterwar block, Bokaro district, Jharkhand, the largest of 61 villages in Peterwar block. Literacy is 55%, 3 points above the block average of 52% and the sex ratio is 946 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 829144, served by Phusro Bazar post office; the LGD village code is 362469. The sarpanch is Kalpana Devi, and the village votes in Tundi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Mathura Prasad Mahato. The population is estimated at 12,475 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Pichhri
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 8
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 1
- Degree college
- 1
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- PHUSRO
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 10
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 35
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 28
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- PICHHRI
- Total area (ha)
- 1,554.16
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 31.3
- Forest area (ha)
- 350.22
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Pichhri
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Pichhri
- LGD code
- 362469
- Pincode
- 829144
- Post office
- Phusro Bazar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 10,581
- Population (projected 2026)
- 12,475
- Households
- 1,934
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 946
- Literacy rate
- 55.1%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Giridih
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Tundi
- Member of Parliament
- Chandra Prakash Choudhary
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Mathura Prasad Mahato
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Kalpana Devi
- Block / Mandal
- Peterwar
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View all 60+ →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)