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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
GD
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Gayatri Devi
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- LGD code
- 355227
- Pincode
- 814149
- Post office
- Sarath
- Population
- 417
- Households
- 69
- Literacy rate
- 55.9%
- Sex ratio
- 813 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 158
- Distance to district centre
- 119 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 123 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 305 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 300 km
- Nearest railway station
- Karamtola · 9 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Dr. Md Ashfaque · 8 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Gobindpur compares
By population, Gobindpur ranks #149 of 390 villages in Sarath mandal.
Literacy rate
%
55.9%
+4.4% vs mandal average
Gobindpur55.9%
Sarath mandal51.5%
Deoghar district53.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
813
−117 vs mandal average
Gobindpur813
Sarath mandal930
Household size
people per home
6.0
+0.3 vs mandal average
Gobindpur6.0
Sarath mandal5.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Gobindpur at a glance
Gobindpur is a village of 417 people in 69 households (Census 2011) in Sarath block, Deoghar district, Jharkhand, the 149th-largest of 390 villages in Sarath block. Literacy is 56%, 4 points above the block average of 52% and the sex ratio is 813 women per 1,000 men. It lies 119 km from the Deoghar district centre, 7 km from Karma, the nearest town, 9 km from Karamtola railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 814149, served by Sarath post office; the LGD village code is 355227. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dr. Md Ashfaque, 8 km away. The sarpanch is Gayatri Devi, and the village votes in Dumka assembly constituency, represented by MLA Basant Soren. The population is estimated at 492 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Gobindpur
- 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
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 5
- Power hours (winter)
- 5
- 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
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- DEOGHAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 47
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 47
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 9
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- PHULCHUA
- Total area (ha)
- 64
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 7.5
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Gobindpur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Gobindpur
- LGD code
- 355227
- Pincode
- 814149
- Post office
- Sarath
- Population (Census 2011)
- 417
- Population (projected 2026)
- 492
- Households
- 69
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 813
- Literacy rate
- 55.9%
- Coordinates
- 25.17095°N, 87.55354°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Dumka
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dumka
- Member of Parliament
- Nalin Soren
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Basant Soren
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Gayatri Devi
- Block / Mandal
- Sarath
Getting there
How to reach Gobindpur
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi305 kmcapital
- Kolkata300 km
- Delhi1094 km
- Hyderabad1277 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKaramtola9 km
- Bus stopBaldiabari More23 km
- Hospital / PHCDr. Md Ashfaque8 km
- CollegeAmbedkar Institute of Health Line40 km
- Police stationNaka No 2(Police Station)39 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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