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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
DHARMENDAR KUMAR
Contact: 70****0826
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- LGD code
- 356499
- Pincode
- 814155
- Post office
- Basantrai
- Population
- 1,201
- Households
- 215
- Literacy rate
- 48.1%
- Sex ratio
- 909 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 600
Census 2011 · in context
How Mohani compares
By population, Mohani ranks #48 of 350 villages in Mahagama mandal.
Literacy rate
%
48.1%
+4.9% vs mandal average
Mohani48.1%
Mahagama mandal43.2%
Godda district46.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
909
−24 vs mandal average
Mohani909
Mahagama mandal933
Household size
people per home
5.6
Same as the mandal average
Mohani5.6
Mahagama mandal5.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Mohani at a glance
Mohani is a village of 1,201 people in 215 households (Census 2011) in Mahagama block, Godda district, Jharkhand, the 48th-largest of 350 villages in Mahagama block. Literacy is 48%, 5 points above the block average of 43% and the sex ratio is 909 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 814155, served by Basantrai post office; the LGD village code is 356499. The sarpanch is DHARMENDAR KUMAR, and the village votes in Barhait assembly constituency, represented by MLA Hemant Soren. The population is estimated at 1,416 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Sinpur →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mohani · this village | 1,201 | 48% | — |
| Singpur · Mahagama | 2,912 | 48% | — |
| Bhandarchua · Mahagama | 933 | 30% | — |
| Gauri Kita · Mahagama | 702 | 42% | — |
| Chauchak · Mahagama | 558 | 56% | — |
| Sidhari · Mahagama | 300 | 48% | — |
| Garbhudih · Mahagama | 181 | 56% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Mohani
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 4
- 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
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- 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
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- GODDA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 40
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 40
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 40
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- SINGPUR
- Total area (ha)
- 51.76
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 2
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Mohani
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Mohani
- LGD code
- 356499
- Pincode
- 814155
- Post office
- Basantrai
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,201
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,416
- Households
- 215
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 909
- Literacy rate
- 48.1%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Rajmahal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Barhait
- Member of Parliament
- Vijay Hansda
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Hemant Soren
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- DHARMENDAR KUMAR
- Block / Mandal
- Mahagama
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 814155
Same name, different place
Other villages named Mohani
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- Gurhi
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- Sagrampur
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- Sarautia
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Sources & freshness
- 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
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)