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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
KANHAIYA LAL JHA
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- LGD code
- 354272
- Pincode
- 814120
- Post office
- Ghormara
- Population
- 2,313
- Households
- 363
- Literacy rate
- 57.4%
- Sex ratio
- 920 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 606
- Distance to district centre
- 296 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 273 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 187 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 495 km
- Nearest railway station
- Japla · <1 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Jaihind Tendua · 24 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Hussainabad compares
By population, Hussainabad ranks #3 of 259 villages in Devipur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
57.4%
+9.5% vs mandal average
- Hussainabad
- 57.4%
- Devipur mandal
- 47.9%
- Deoghar district
- 53.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
920
−2 vs mandal average
- Hussainabad
- 920
- Devipur mandal
- 922
Household size
people per home
6.4
+0.7 vs mandal average
- Hussainabad
- 6.4
- Devipur mandal
- 5.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Hussainabad at a glance
Hussainabad is a village of 2,313 people in 363 households (Census 2011) in Devipur block, Deoghar district, Jharkhand, the 3rd-largest of 259 villages in Devipur block. Literacy is 57%, 10 points above the block average of 48% and the sex ratio is 920 women per 1,000 men. It lies 296 km from the Deoghar district centre, 19 km from Nauhatta, the nearest town, under 1 km from Japla railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 814120, served by Ghormara post office; the LGD village code is 354272. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Jaihind Tendua, 24 km away. The sarpanch is KANHAIYA LAL JHA, and the village votes in Jamtara assembly constituency, represented by MLA Irfan Ansari. The population is estimated at 3,055 in 2026, up 32% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Hussainabad
- 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)
- 3
- Power hours (winter)
- 6
- Primary school
- 0
- 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
- No
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- DEOGHAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 24
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 24
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 5
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- HUSSAINABAD
- Total area (ha)
- 259.25
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 5.05
- Forest area (ha)
- 20.17
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Hussainabad
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Hussainabad
- LGD code
- 354272
- Pincode
- 814120
- Post office
- Ghormara
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,313
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,055
- Households
- 363
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 920
- Literacy rate
- 57.4%
- Coordinates
- 24.53086°N, 84.00037°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Dumka
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Jamtara
- Member of Parliament
- Nalin Soren
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Irfan Ansari
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- KANHAIYA LAL JHA
- Block / Mandal
- Devipur
- Nearest railway station
- Japla (0.9 km)
Getting there
How to reach Hussainabad
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi187 kmcapital
- Kolkata495 km
- Delhi814 km
- Hyderabad979 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationJapla<1 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Jaihind Tendua24 km
- ATM / bankPunjab National Bank35 km
- CollegeKishori Sinha Mahila College Ground45 km
- Police stationSSB camp38 km
Nearest to the village
- Railway station
- Japlaunder 1 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Hussainabad
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕shiv templeTemple<1 km ↗
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-07
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
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