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Jharkhand: MNREGA, irrigation scheme help Deoghar farmers overcome water shortage, grow sugarcane and other crops
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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
MK
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
MUKESH KUMAR
Contact: 70****8936
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- LGD code
- 353319
- Pincode
- 814157
- Post office
- Dehijore
- Population
- 338
- Households
- 67
- Literacy rate
- 15.4%
- Sex ratio
- 931 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 202
Census 2011 · in context
How Jitmahala compares
By population, Jitmahala ranks #191 of 453 villages in Mohanpur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
15.4%
−32.4% vs mandal average
Jitmahala15.4%
Mohanpur mandal47.8%
Deoghar district53.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
931
+9 vs mandal average
Jitmahala931
Mohanpur mandal922
Household size
people per home
5.0
−0.4 vs mandal average
Jitmahala5.0
Mohanpur mandal5.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Jitmahala at a glance
Jitmahala is a village of 338 people in 67 households (Census 2011) in Mohanpur block, Deoghar district, Jharkhand, the 191st-largest of 453 villages in Mohanpur block. Literacy is 15%, 32 points below the block average of 48% and the sex ratio is 931 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 814157, served by Dehijore post office; the LGD village code is 353319. The sarpanch is MUKESH KUMAR, and the village votes in Madhupur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Hafizul Hassan. The population is estimated at 399 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Jitmahala
- 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
- 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
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- DEOGHAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 20
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 20
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 30
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- RARHIYA
- Total area (ha)
- 30
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 4.44
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Jitmahala
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Jitmahala
- LGD code
- 353319
- Pincode
- 814157
- Post office
- Dehijore
- Population (Census 2011)
- 338
- Population (projected 2026)
- 399
- Households
- 67
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 931
- Literacy rate
- 15.4%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Godda
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Madhupur
- Member of Parliament
- Nishikant Dubey
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Hafizul Hassan
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- MUKESH KUMAR
- Block / Mandal
- Mohanpur
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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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