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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SANGIT DEVI
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- LGD code
- 348417
- Pincode
- 825404
- Post office
- Pratappur (Chatra)
- Population
- 539
- Households
- 101
- Literacy rate
- 6.9%
- Sex ratio
- 996 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 248
Census 2011 · in context
How Badhar compares
By population, Badhar ranks #81 of 176 villages in Pratappur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
6.9%
−35.7% vs mandal average
- Badhar
- 6.9%
- Pratappur mandal
- 42.6%
- Chatra district
- 48.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
996
+50 vs mandal average
- Badhar
- 996
- Pratappur mandal
- 946
Household size
people per home
5.3
−0.4 vs mandal average
- Badhar
- 5.3
- Pratappur mandal
- 5.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Badhar at a glance
Badhar is a village of 539 people in 101 households (Census 2011) in Pratappur block, Chatra district, Jharkhand, the 81st-largest of 176 villages in Pratappur block. Literacy is 7%, 36 points below the block average of 43% and the sex ratio is 996 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 825404, served by Pratappur (Chatra) post office; the LGD village code is 348417. The sarpanch is SANGIT DEVI, and the village votes in Barkatha assembly constituency, represented by MLA Amit Kumar Yadav. The population is estimated at 635 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Dumarwar →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Badhar · this village | 539 | 7% | — |
| Dumarwar · Pratappur | 2,059 | 36% | — |
| Charka Khurd · Pratappur | 1,586 | 38% | — |
| Charka Kalan · Pratappur | 1,141 | 43% | — |
| Gurturi · Pratappur | 656 | 44% | — |
| Angarah · Pratappur | 619 | 31% | — |
| Tegam · Pratappur | 342 | 30% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Badhar
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- 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
- 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
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- CHATRA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 77
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 77
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 27
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- DUMARWAR
- Total area (ha)
- 386
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 314.07
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Badhar
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Badhar
- LGD code
- 348417
- Pincode
- 825404
- Post office
- Pratappur (Chatra)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 539
- Population (projected 2026)
- 635
- Households
- 101
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 996
- Literacy rate
- 6.9%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kodarma
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Barkatha
- Member of Parliament
- Annpurna Devi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Amit Kumar Yadav
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SANGIT DEVI
- Block / Mandal
- Pratappur
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)