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Jharkhand signs MoU with Centre under Jal Jeevan Mission 2.0; CM Soren seeks release of Rs 6,500 crore dues
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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
- 348413
- Pincode
- 825404
- Post office
- Pratappur (Chatra)
- Population
- 1,586
- Households
- 292
- Literacy rate
- 38%
- Sex ratio
- 948 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 583
- Distance to district centre
- 166 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 119 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 133 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 438 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kajri · 47 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital,Pratabpura · 14 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Charka Khurd compares
By population, Charka Khurd ranks #18 of 176 villages in Pratappur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
38.0%
−4.6% vs mandal average
- Charka Khurd
- 38.0%
- Pratappur mandal
- 42.6%
- Chatra district
- 48.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
948
+2 vs mandal average
- Charka Khurd
- 948
- Pratappur mandal
- 946
Household size
people per home
5.4
−0.3 vs mandal average
- Charka Khurd
- 5.4
- Pratappur mandal
- 5.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Charka Khurd at a glance
Charka Khurd is a village of 1,586 people in 292 households (Census 2011) in Pratappur block, Chatra district, Jharkhand, the 18th-largest of 176 villages in Pratappur block. Literacy is 38%, 5 points below the block average of 43% and the sex ratio is 948 women per 1,000 men. It lies 166 km from the Chatra district centre, 42 km from Deo, the nearest town, 47 km from Kajri railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 825404, served by Pratappur (Chatra) post office; the LGD village code is 348413. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital,Pratabpura, 14 km away. The sarpanch is SANGIT DEVI, and the village votes in Barkatha assembly constituency, represented by MLA Amit Kumar Yadav. The population is estimated at 1,870 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Charka Khurd
- 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
- 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)
- 10
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 10
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 20
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- UMARWAR
- Total area (ha)
- 198
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 119.46
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Charka Khurd
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Charka Khurd
- LGD code
- 348413
- Pincode
- 825404
- Post office
- Pratappur (Chatra)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,586
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,870
- Households
- 292
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 948
- Literacy rate
- 38.0%
- Coordinates
- 24.28070°N, 84.50033°E
- 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
Getting there
How to reach Charka Khurd
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi133 kmcapital
- Kolkata438 km
- Delhi871 km
- Hyderabad989 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKajri47 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital,Pratabpura14 km
- CollegeGanesh Lal Aggrawal College49 km
- Police stationSSB camp32 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)