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Swarm Attacks Claim 4 Lives In A Month In Jharkhand's Giridih Village; Wasp Species Yet To Be Confirmed
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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
CHANDAN KUMAR
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- LGD code
- 350321
- Pincode
- 815313
- Post office
- Ganwan
- Population
- 4,137
- Households
- 668
- Literacy rate
- 49.8%
- Sex ratio
- 1007 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 2,099
- Distance to district centre
- 76 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 38 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 157 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 344 km
- Nearest railway station
- Dhanwar · 28 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Dr. A.N.Ram General Hospital · 23 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Birne compares
By population, Birne ranks #4 of 160 villages in Gawan mandal.
Literacy rate
%
49.8%
+0.8% vs mandal average
Birne49.8%
Gawan mandal49.0%
Giridih district51.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,007
+42 vs mandal average
Birne1,007
Gawan mandal965
Household size
people per home
6.2
−0.2 vs mandal average
Birne6.2
Gawan mandal6.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Birne at a glance
Birne is a village of 4,137 people in 668 households (Census 2011) in Gawan block, Giridih district, Jharkhand, the 4th-largest of 160 villages in Gawan block. Literacy is 50%, about the same as the block average of 49% and the sex ratio is 1,007 women per 1,000 men. It lies 76 km from the Giridih district centre, 11 km from Dumri, the nearest town, 28 km from Dhanwar railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 815313, served by Ganwan post office; the LGD village code is 350321. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dr. A.N.Ram General Hospital, 23 km away. The sarpanch is CHANDAN KUMAR, and the village votes in Jamua assembly constituency, represented by MLA Manju Kumari. The population is estimated at 4,878 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Birne
- 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
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- Yes
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- GIRIDIH
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 93
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 93
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 8
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BIRNE
- Total area (ha)
- 1,307
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 125.61
- Forest area (ha)
- 728.42
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Birne
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Birne
- LGD code
- 350321
- Pincode
- 815313
- Post office
- Ganwan
- Population (Census 2011)
- 4,137
- Population (projected 2026)
- 4,878
- Households
- 668
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1007
- Literacy rate
- 49.8%
- Coordinates
- 24.66266°N, 85.87437°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kodarma
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Jamua
- Member of Parliament
- Annpurna Devi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Manju Kumari
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- CHANDAN KUMAR
- Block / Mandal
- Gawan
Getting there
How to reach Birne
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi157 kmcapital
- Kolkata344 km
- Delhi966 km
- Hyderabad1114 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationDhanwar28 km
- Hospital / PHCDr. A.N.Ram General Hospital23 km
- Petrol pumpHP36 km
- CollegeGovernment Engineering College, Sheikhpura53 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
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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