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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
RD
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
RITA DEVI
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- LGD code
- 349048
- Pincode
- 825408
- Post office
- Itkhori
- Population
- 189
- Households
- 38
- Literacy rate
- 41.8%
- Sex ratio
- 817 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 52
Census 2011 · in context
How Thawai compares
By population, Thawai ranks #92 of 159 villages in Itkhori mandal.
Literacy rate
%
41.8%
−14.0% vs mandal average
Thawai41.8%
Itkhori mandal55.8%
Chatra district48.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
817
−162 vs mandal average
Thawai817
Itkhori mandal979
Household size
people per home
5.0
−1.1 vs mandal average
Thawai5.0
Itkhori mandal6.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Thawai at a glance
Thawai is a village of 189 people in 38 households (Census 2011) in Itkhori block, Chatra district, Jharkhand, the 92nd-largest of 159 villages in Itkhori block. Literacy is 42%, 14 points below the block average of 56% and the sex ratio is 817 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 825408, served by Itkhori post office; the LGD village code is 349048. The sarpanch is RITA DEVI. The population is estimated at 223 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Thawai
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- 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
- Yes
- Sub post office
- Yes
- 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
- No
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- CHATRA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 35
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 35
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 3
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- MALAKPUR
- Total area (ha)
- 31
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 7.32
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Thawai
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Key facts — Thawai
- LGD code
- 349048
- Pincode
- 825408
- Post office
- Itkhori
- Population (Census 2011)
- 189
- Population (projected 2026)
- 223
- Households
- 38
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 817
- Literacy rate
- 41.8%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Giridih
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Giridih
- Member of Parliament
- Chandra Prakash Choudhary
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- RITA DEVI
- Block / Mandal
- Itkhori
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
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