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Six drown in river during immersion of tree branch worshipped in Jharkhand's tribal festival Karam
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Cheri is a village in Mayur Hand mandal, Chatra district, Jharkhand, comprising 843 people across 151 households with a literacy rate of 52.9%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
MINA DEVI
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- LGD code
- 349194
- Pincode
- 825408
- Post office
- Itkhori
- Population
- 843
- Households
- 151
- Literacy rate
- 52.9%
- Sex ratio
- 1184 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 354
- Distance to district centre
- 86 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 87 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 103 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 364 km
- Nearest railway station
- Padma · 8 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Loknayak Jaiprakash Eye Hospital · 10 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Cheri compares
By population, Cheri ranks #20 of 118 villages in Mayur Hand mandal.
Literacy rate
%
52.9%
−0.3% vs mandal average
- Cheri
- 52.9%
- Mayur Hand mandal
- 53.2%
- Chatra district
- 48.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,184
+185 vs mandal average
- Cheri
- 1,184
- Mayur Hand mandal
- 999
Household size
people per home
5.6
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Cheri
- 5.6
- Mayur Hand mandal
- 5.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Cheri at a glance
Cheri is a village of 843 people in 151 households (Census 2011) in Mayur Hand block, Chatra district, Jharkhand, the 20th-largest of 118 villages in Mayur Hand block. Literacy is 53%, about the same as the block average of 53% and the sex ratio is 1,184 women per 1,000 men. It lies 86 km from the Chatra district centre, 47 km from Barkagaon, the nearest town, 8 km from Padma railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 825408, served by Itkhori post office; the LGD village code is 349194. The nearest hospital or health centre is Loknayak Jaiprakash Eye Hospital, 10 km away. The sarpanch is MINA DEVI, and the village votes in Jamua assembly constituency, represented by MLA Manju Kumari. The population is estimated at 994 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Cheri
- 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
- 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
- Yes
- 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
- HAZARIBAGH
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 40
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 60
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 10
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- SOKI
- Total area (ha)
- 92
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 12.19
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Cheri
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Cheri
- LGD code
- 349194
- Pincode
- 825408
- Post office
- Itkhori
- Population (Census 2011)
- 843
- Population (projected 2026)
- 994
- Households
- 151
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1184
- Literacy rate
- 52.9%
- Coordinates
- 24.26809°N, 85.30949°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kodarma
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Jamua
- Member of Parliament
- Annpurna Devi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Manju Kumari
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- MINA DEVI
- Block / Mandal
- Mayur Hand
Getting there
How to reach Cheri
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi103 kmcapital
- Kolkata364 km
- Delhi940 km
- Hyderabad1043 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationPadma8 km
- Hospital / PHCLoknayak Jaiprakash Eye Hospital10 km
- ATM / bankSBI VBU28 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil32 km
- CollegeVINOBA BHAVE UNIVERCITY28 km
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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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