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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SIMA KUMARI
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- LGD code
- 351482
- Pincode
- 815312
- Post office
- Bengabad
- Population
- 400
- Households
- 72
- Literacy rate
- 62.5%
- Sex ratio
- 914 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 103
- Distance to district centre
- 6 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 148 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 265 km
- Nearest railway station
- Maheshmunda Junction · 8 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- CHC, Gandey · 1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Pando compares
By population, Pando ranks #215 of 308 villages in Jamua mandal.
Literacy rate
%
62.5%
+10.8% vs mandal average
- Pando
- 62.5%
- Jamua mandal
- 51.7%
- Giridih district
- 51.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
914
−28 vs mandal average
- Pando
- 914
- Jamua mandal
- 942
Household size
people per home
5.6
−1.0 vs mandal average
- Pando
- 5.6
- Jamua mandal
- 6.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pando at a glance
Pando is a village of 400 people in 72 households (Census 2011) in Jamua block, Giridih district, Jharkhand, the 215th-largest of 308 villages in Jamua block. Literacy is 63%, 11 points above the block average of 52% and the sex ratio is 914 women per 1,000 men. It lies 6 km from the Giridih district centre, 37 km from Kharki, the nearest town, 8 km from Maheshmunda Junction railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 815312, served by Bengabad post office; the LGD village code is 351482. The nearest hospital or health centre is CHC, Gandey, 1 km away. The sarpanch is SIMA KUMARI, and the village votes in Gandey assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kalpana Murmu Soren. The population is estimated at 472 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Pando
- 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
- No
- 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
- GIRIDIH
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 25
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 40
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 20
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- CHILGA
- Total area (ha)
- 69
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 4.63
- Forest area (ha)
- 5.42
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Pando
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Pando
- LGD code
- 351482
- Pincode
- 815312
- Post office
- Bengabad
- Population (Census 2011)
- 400
- Population (projected 2026)
- 472
- Households
- 72
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 914
- Literacy rate
- 62.5%
- Coordinates
- 24.17849°N, 86.44303°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kodarma
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Gandey
- Member of Parliament
- Annpurna Devi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kalpana Murmu Soren
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SIMA KUMARI
- Block / Mandal
- Jamua
Getting there
How to reach Pando
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi148 kmcapital
- Kolkata265 km
- Delhi1043 km
- Hyderabad1120 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationMaheshmunda Junction8 km
- Hospital / PHCCHC, Gandey1 km
- ATM / bankग्राहक सेवा केंद्र (शर्मा डिजिटल सेंटर) common service centre36 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil38 km
- CollegeSSLNT College42 km
- Police stationBarora Police Station46 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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