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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
RD
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
RENU DEVI
Contact: 99****8269
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- LGD code
- 349184
- Pincode
- 825408
- Post office
- Itkhori
- Population
- 175
- Households
- 26
- Literacy rate
- 41.7%
- Sex ratio
- 966 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 55
Census 2011 · in context
How Bengwa compares
By population, Bengwa ranks #91 of 118 villages in Mayur Hand mandal.
Literacy rate
%
41.7%
−11.5% vs mandal average
- Bengwa
- 41.7%
- Mayur Hand mandal
- 53.2%
- Chatra district
- 48.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
966
−33 vs mandal average
- Bengwa
- 966
- Mayur Hand mandal
- 999
Household size
people per home
6.7
+0.9 vs mandal average
- Bengwa
- 6.7
- Mayur Hand mandal
- 5.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bengwa at a glance
Bengwa is a village of 175 people in 26 households (Census 2011) in Mayur Hand block, Chatra district, Jharkhand, the 91st-largest of 118 villages in Mayur Hand block. Literacy is 42%, 12 points below the block average of 53% and the sex ratio is 966 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 825408, served by Itkhori post office; the LGD village code is 349184. The sarpanch is RENU DEVI, and the village votes in Jamua assembly constituency, represented by MLA Manju Kumari. The population is estimated at 206 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bengwa
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- 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
- 0
- 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
- 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
- No
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- CHATRA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 55
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 55
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 55
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- FULANG
- Total area (ha)
- 87
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 7.77
- Forest area (ha)
- 16.4
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bengwa
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bengwa
- LGD code
- 349184
- Pincode
- 825408
- Post office
- Itkhori
- Population (Census 2011)
- 175
- Population (projected 2026)
- 206
- Households
- 26
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 966
- Literacy rate
- 41.7%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kodarma
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Jamua
- Member of Parliament
- Annpurna Devi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Manju Kumari
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- RENU DEVI
- Block / Mandal
- Mayur Hand
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 825408
- ItkhoriItkhori mandal7,121 pop
- DuariGidhaur mandal5,642 pop
- GidhaurGidhaur mandal5,520 pop
- Nawadih DamolPathalgora mandal4,484 pop
- PitijItkhori mandal3,996 pop
- MajurhandMayur Hand mandal3,404 pop
- ParsauniItkhori mandal3,362 pop
- SinghaniPathalgora mandal3,362 pop
- Barwadih Alias NimekhapPathalgora mandal3,085 pop
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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
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)