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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Mauna is a small village in Mayur Hand mandal, Chatra district, Jharkhand, with a population of 220 and 42 households. The literacy rate stands at 56.8%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
AJAY KUMAR BHUIYAN
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- LGD code
- 349191
- Pincode
- 825408
- Post office
- Itkhori
- Population
- 220
- Households
- 42
- Literacy rate
- 56.8%
- Sex ratio
- 1292 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 75
- Distance to district centre
- 34 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 3 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 142 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 301 km
- Nearest railway station
- Jamua · 1 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Sadar Hospital, Jamua · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Mauna compares
By population, Mauna ranks #83 of 118 villages in Mayur Hand mandal.
Literacy rate
%
56.8%
+3.6% vs mandal average
Mauna56.8%
Mayur Hand mandal53.2%
Chatra district48.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,292
+293 vs mandal average
Mauna1,292
Mayur Hand mandal999
Household size
people per home
5.2
−0.6 vs mandal average
Mauna5.2
Mayur Hand mandal5.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Mauna at a glance
Mauna is a village of 220 people in 42 households (Census 2011) in Mayur Hand block, Chatra district, Jharkhand, the 83rd-largest of 118 villages in Mayur Hand block. Literacy is 57%, 4 points above the block average of 53% and the sex ratio is 1,292 women per 1,000 men. It lies 34 km from the Chatra district centre, 29 km from Beko, the nearest town, 1 km from Jamua railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 825408, served by Itkhori post office; the LGD village code is 349191. The nearest hospital or health centre is Sadar Hospital, Jamua, <1 km away. The sarpanch is AJAY KUMAR BHUIYAN, and the village votes in Jamua assembly constituency, represented by MLA Manju Kumari. The population is estimated at 259 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Mauna
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 6
- Power hours (winter)
- 4
- 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
- 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
- CHATRA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 55
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 55
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 10
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- PANDANI
- Total area (ha)
- 55.22
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 30
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Key facts — Mauna
- LGD code
- 349191
- Pincode
- 825408
- Post office
- Itkhori
- Population (Census 2011)
- 220
- Population (projected 2026)
- 259
- Households
- 42
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1292
- Literacy rate
- 56.8%
- Coordinates
- 24.36750°N, 86.15107°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kodarma
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Jamua
- Member of Parliament
- Annpurna Devi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Manju Kumari
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- AJAY KUMAR BHUIYAN
- Block / Mandal
- Mayur Hand
Getting there
How to reach Mauna
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi142 kmcapital
- Kolkata301 km
- Delhi1007 km
- Hyderabad1112 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationJamua1 km
- Hospital / PHCSadar Hospital, Jamua<1 km
- CollegeBajla Mahila College56 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Mauna
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- 🛕Surya MandirTemple3.7 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
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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