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Jharkhand: MNREGA, irrigation scheme help Deoghar farmers overcome water shortage, grow sugarcane and other crops
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SONI KUMARI
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- LGD code
- 353428
- Pincode
- 814112
- Post office
- B. MANDIR
- Population
- 260
- Households
- 46
- Literacy rate
- 64.6%
- Sex ratio
- 985 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 86
- Distance to district centre
- 115 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 138 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 308 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 257 km
- Nearest railway station
- Tildanga · 5 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Farakka Barrage Hospital · 6 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Asanpur compares
By population, Asanpur ranks #232 of 453 villages in Mohanpur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
64.6%
+16.8% vs mandal average
- Asanpur
- 64.6%
- Mohanpur mandal
- 47.8%
- Deoghar district
- 53.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
985
+63 vs mandal average
- Asanpur
- 985
- Mohanpur mandal
- 922
Household size
people per home
5.7
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Asanpur
- 5.7
- Mohanpur mandal
- 5.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Asanpur at a glance
Asanpur is a village of 260 people in 46 households (Census 2011) in Mohanpur block, Deoghar district, Jharkhand, the 232nd-largest of 453 villages in Mohanpur block. Literacy is 65%, 17 points above the block average of 48% and the sex ratio is 985 women per 1,000 men. It lies 115 km from the Deoghar district centre, 3 km from Bewa (P), the nearest town, 5 km from Tildanga railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 814112, served by B. MANDIR post office; the LGD village code is 353428. The nearest hospital or health centre is Farakka Barrage Hospital, 6 km away. The sarpanch is SONI KUMARI, and the village votes in Madhupur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Hafizul Hassan. The population is estimated at 307 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Asanpur
- 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
- 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)
- 4
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 4
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 5
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- MEDNIDIH
- Total area (ha)
- 58
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 2.55
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Asanpur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Asanpur
- LGD code
- 353428
- Pincode
- 814112
- Post office
- B. MANDIR
- Population (Census 2011)
- 260
- Population (projected 2026)
- 307
- Households
- 46
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 985
- Literacy rate
- 64.6%
- Coordinates
- 24.83376°N, 87.86468°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Godda
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Madhupur
- Member of Parliament
- Nishikant Dubey
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Hafizul Hassan
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SONI KUMARI
- Block / Mandal
- Mohanpur
Getting there
How to reach Asanpur
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi308 kmcapital
- Kolkata257 km
- Delhi1138 km
- Hyderabad1277 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationTildanga5 km
- Hospital / PHCFarakka Barrage Hospital6 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil31 km
- CollegeD.N.C. College29 km
- Police stationKaliachak Police Station16 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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