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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SAMINA KHATOON
Contact: 62****9536
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- LGD code
- 362120
- Pincode
- 828205
- Post office
- Nirsa Chatti
- Population
- 1,363
- Households
- 225
- Literacy rate
- 45.7%
- Sex ratio
- 928 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 532
Census 2011 · in context
How Bhalber compares
By population, Bhalber ranks #35 of 95 villages in Kariasol mandal.
Literacy rate
%
45.7%
−8.6% vs mandal average
- Bhalber
- 45.7%
- Kariasol mandal
- 54.3%
- Dhanbad district
- 64.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
928
−10 vs mandal average
- Bhalber
- 928
- Kariasol mandal
- 938
Household size
people per home
6.1
+0.8 vs mandal average
- Bhalber
- 6.1
- Kariasol mandal
- 5.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bhalber at a glance
Bhalber is a village of 1,363 people in 225 households (Census 2011) in Kariasol block, Dhanbad district, Jharkhand, the 35th-largest of 95 villages in Kariasol block. Literacy is 46%, 9 points below the block average of 54% and the sex ratio is 928 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 828205, served by Nirsa Chatti post office; the LGD village code is 362120. The sarpanch is SAMINA KHATOON. The population is estimated at 1,607 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Asanliya →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bhalber · this village | 1,363 | 46% | — |
| Asanliya · Kariasol | 1,880 | 50% | — |
| Chhirudih · Kariasol | 1,375 | 42% | — |
| Kushum Daha · Kariasol | 1,033 | 50% | — |
| Kanjirdih · Kariasol | 711 | 53% | — |
| Jeratanr · Kariasol | 152 | 58% | — |
| Chandray Chak · Kariasol | 0 | — | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bhalber
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 12
- Power hours (winter)
- 15
- 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
- No
- 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
- CHIRKUNDA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 25
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 32
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 17
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- ASANLIYA
- Total area (ha)
- 58
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bhalber
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bhalber
- LGD code
- 362120
- Pincode
- 828205
- Post office
- Nirsa Chatti
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,363
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,607
- Households
- 225
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 928
- Literacy rate
- 45.7%
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SAMINA KHATOON
- Block / Mandal
- Kariasol
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 828205
- MugmaNirsa-Cum-Chirkunda mandal4,277 pop
- UrmaKariasol mandal3,880 pop
- AnkduaraKariasol mandal3,802 pop
- Bada AmbanaKariasol mandal3,376 pop
- UbchuriaNirsa-Cum-Chirkunda mandal2,914 pop
- MadanpurNirsa-Cum-Chirkunda mandal2,739 pop
- SijuaNirsa-Cum-Chirkunda mandal2,700 pop
- BenagariaKariasol mandal2,667 pop
- BhaljoriaNirsa-Cum-Chirkunda mandal2,611 pop
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Bhalber
Other villages in Kariasol mandal
View all 60+ →- Urma
- Ankduara
- Bada Ambana
- Benagaria
- Patharkua
- Dumurya
- Pindrahat
- Shanrmara
- Patlabari
- Dhobari
- Barmuri
- Salukchapra
- Jolhadi
- Bhurkunrabari
- Jamdahi
- Ledaharia
- Kaliasol
- Barya
- Saulapur
- Asanliya
- Fatehpur
- Jamkudar
- Daldali
- Dahibari
- Morkara
- Khokrapahari
- Bandrabad
- Alakendra
- Simuldan
- Sanolapur
- Barabari
- Chhota Ambana
- Jaypur
- Chhirudih
- Lakhipur
- Bajra Alias Khairkiari
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)