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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Dhanor is a village in Ramgarh mandal, Dumka district, Jharkhand. It has a population of 397 across 91 households with a literacy rate of 55.9%. The village is located at coordinates 24.208°N, 86.925°E.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SUNAINA DEVI
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- LGD code
- 370335
- Pincode
- 814110
- Post office
- Shivpahar
- Population
- 397
- Households
- 91
- Literacy rate
- 55.9%
- Sex ratio
- 1269 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 209
- Distance to district centre
- 17 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 1 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 190 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 234 km
- Nearest railway station
- Joramow Railway Station · 22 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- CHC, Sarath · 9 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Dhanor compares
By population, Dhanor ranks #166 of 347 villages in Ramgarh mandal.
Literacy rate
%
55.9%
+9.7% vs mandal average
Dhanor55.9%
Ramgarh mandal46.2%
Dumka district50.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,269
+269 vs mandal average
Dhanor1,269
Ramgarh mandal1,000
Household size
people per home
4.4
−0.3 vs mandal average
Dhanor4.4
Ramgarh mandal4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dhanor at a glance
Dhanor is a village of 397 people in 91 households (Census 2011) in Ramgarh block, Dumka district, Jharkhand, the 166th-largest of 347 villages in Ramgarh block. Literacy is 56%, 10 points above the block average of 46% and the sex ratio is 1,269 women per 1,000 men. It lies 17 km from the Dumka district centre, 52 km from Barra, the nearest town, 22 km from Joramow Railway Station railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 814110, served by Shivpahar post office; the LGD village code is 370335. The nearest hospital or health centre is CHC, Sarath, 9 km away. The sarpanch is SUNAINA DEVI, and the village votes in Sarath assembly constituency, represented by MLA Uday Shankar Singh. The population is estimated at 468 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Dhanor
- 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)
- 8
- Power hours (winter)
- 6
- 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
- DUMKA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 45
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 42
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 45
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BARARANBAHIAR
- Total area (ha)
- 114
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 28.1
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Dhanor
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Dhanor
- LGD code
- 370335
- Pincode
- 814110
- Post office
- Shivpahar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 397
- Population (projected 2026)
- 468
- Households
- 91
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1269
- Literacy rate
- 55.9%
- Coordinates
- 24.20847°N, 86.92533°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Dumka
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sarath
- Member of Parliament
- Nalin Soren
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Uday Shankar Singh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SUNAINA DEVI
- Block / Mandal
- Ramgarh
Getting there
How to reach Dhanor
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi190 kmcapital
- Kolkata234 km
- Delhi1084 km
- Hyderabad1159 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationJoramow Railway Station22 km
- Hospital / PHCCHC, Sarath9 km
- ATM / bankSBI Main Branch33 km
- Petrol pumpPetrol Pump39 km
- CollegeBajla Mahila College39 km
- Police stationAsansol South Police Station58 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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