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Gajrajpur

Devipur mandal
Pincode 814120
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Gajrajpur is a small village in Devipur mandal, Deoghar district, Jharkhand. With a population of 301 across 54 households, the village has a literacy rate of 31.2%.

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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
MAMTA DEVi
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LGD code
354367
Pincode
814120
Post office
Ghormara
Population
301
Households
54
Literacy rate
31.2%
Sex ratio
870 ♀/1000♂
Workers
165
Distance to district centre
39 km
Distance to mandal centre
36 km
Distance to Ranchi
176 km
Distance to Kolkata
277 km
Nearest railway station
Sankarpur · 8 km
Nearest hospital / PHC
PHC, Burhai · 9 km
Census 2011 · in context

How Gajrajpur compares

By population, Gajrajpur ranks #130 of 259 villages in Devipur mandal.

Literacy rate
%
31.2%
−16.7% vs mandal average
Gajrajpur
31.2%
Devipur mandal
47.9%
Deoghar district
53.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
870
−52 vs mandal average
Gajrajpur
870
Devipur mandal
922
Household size
people per home
5.6
−0.1 vs mandal average
Gajrajpur
5.6
Devipur mandal
5.7

Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).

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Gajrajpur at a glance

Gajrajpur is a village of 301 people in 54 households (Census 2011) in Devipur block, Deoghar district, Jharkhand, the 130th-largest of 259 villages in Devipur block. Literacy is 31%, 17 points below the block average of 48% and the sex ratio is 870 women per 1,000 men. It lies 39 km from the Deoghar district centre, 21 km from Chakai, the nearest town, 8 km from Sankarpur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 814120, served by Ghormara post office; the LGD village code is 354367. The nearest hospital or health centre is PHC, Burhai, 9 km away. The sarpanch is MAMTA DEVi, and the village votes in Jamtara assembly constituency, represented by MLA Irfan Ansari. The population is estimated at 355 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.

Gram panchayat: Jhhumarbad

Nearby villages compared

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villagePopulationLiteracyDistance
Gajrajpur · this village30131%
Devipur · Markacho1,88157%3.9 km SE
Barwa · Kunda39443%4.7 km N
Barwa · Karma Tanr Vidyasagar*27844%4.7 km N
Barwa · Ramkanda1,32558%4.7 km N
Barwa · Deoghar76743%4.7 km N
Barwa · Sarath26941%4.7 km N

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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Gajrajpur

Treated tap water
No
Untreated tap water
No
Well water
No
Hand pump
Yes
Tube well / borewell
No
Electricity for homes
Yes
Electricity for farms
No
Power hours (summer)
4
Power hours (winter)
7
Primary school
2
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
Yes
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
DEOGHAR
Distance to nearest town (km)
22
Distance to district HQ (km)
22
Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
7
All-weather road
Yes
Gram panchayat (2011)
JHUMARBAD
Total area (ha)
206.2
Irrigated area (ha)
31.4
Forest area (ha)
65.2

Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.

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Key facts — Gajrajpur

LGD code
354367
Pincode
814120
Post office
Ghormara
Population (Census 2011)
301
Population (projected 2026)
355
Households
54
Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
870
Literacy rate
31.2%
Coordinates
24.43613°N, 86.56128°E
Lok Sabha constituency
Dumka
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Jamtara
Member of Parliament
Nalin Soren
Member of Legislative Assembly
Irfan Ansari
Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
MAMTA DEVi
Block / Mandal
Devipur
Getting there

How to reach Gajrajpur

Mandal centre
Devipur · ≈ 36 km
≈ 1 h 14 min by car · 1 h 27 min by bike
Directions
District centre
Deoghar · ≈ 39 km
≈ 1 h 21 min by car · 1 h 36 min by bike
Directions
Nearest town · 11,525 people
Chakai · ≈ 21 km
≈ 44 min by car · 52 min by bike
Directions
Distance to cities · straight line
  • Ranchi176 kmcapital
  • Kolkata277 km
  • Delhi1039 km
  • Hyderabad1148 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
  • Railway stationSankarpur8 km
  • Hospital / PHCPHC, Burhai9 km
  • ATM / bankग्राहक सेवा केंद्र (शर्मा डिजिटल सेंटर) common service centre8 km
  • Petrol pumpHP Petrol Pump15 km
  • CollegeBajla Mahila College14 km
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Sources & freshness
  • 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)
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