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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
AHILA DEVI
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- LGD code
- 349458
- Pincode
- 825321
- Post office
- Tandwa (Chatra)
- Population
- 4,217
- Households
- 740
- Literacy rate
- 46.8%
- Sex ratio
- 930 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,877
- Distance to district centre
- 282 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 246 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 167 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 421 km
- Nearest railway station
- Tangarmunda · 11 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Ayurvedic Hospital · 14 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Bargaon compares
By population, Bargaon ranks #5 of 93 villages in Tandwa mandal.
Literacy rate
%
46.8%
−2.3% vs mandal average
- Bargaon
- 46.8%
- Tandwa mandal
- 49.1%
- Chatra district
- 48.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
930
−25 vs mandal average
- Bargaon
- 930
- Tandwa mandal
- 955
Household size
people per home
5.7
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Bargaon
- 5.7
- Tandwa mandal
- 5.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bargaon at a glance
Bargaon is a village of 4,217 people in 740 households (Census 2011) in Tandwa block, Chatra district, Jharkhand, the 5th-largest of 93 villages in Tandwa block. Literacy is 47%, 2 points below the block average of 49% and the sex ratio is 930 women per 1,000 men. It lies 282 km from the Chatra district centre, 11 km from Tangarmunda railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 825321, served by Tandwa (Chatra) post office; the LGD village code is 349458. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Ayurvedic Hospital, 14 km away. The sarpanch is AHILA DEVI, and the village votes in Dumri assembly constituency, represented by MLA Jairam Kumar Mahato. The population is estimated at 4,972 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bargaon
- 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
- No
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- CHATRA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 17
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 17
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 20
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BARGAON
- Total area (ha)
- 968
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 3
- Forest area (ha)
- 205.31
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bargaon
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Key facts — Bargaon
- LGD code
- 349458
- Pincode
- 825321
- Post office
- Tandwa (Chatra)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 4,217
- Population (projected 2026)
- 4,972
- Households
- 740
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 930
- Literacy rate
- 46.8%
- Coordinates
- 22.16629°N, 84.29222°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Giridih
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dumri
- Member of Parliament
- Chandra Prakash Choudhary
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Jairam Kumar Mahato
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- AHILA DEVI
- Block / Mandal
- Tandwa
Getting there
How to reach Bargaon
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi167 kmcapital
- Kolkata421 km
- Hyderabad807 km
- Delhi1010 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationTangarmunda11 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Ayurvedic Hospital14 km
- ATM / bankAxis Bank30 km
- CollegeRIMS,ROURKELA54 km
- Police stationRaghunathpally police Station54 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, 2026-05-14
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