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Six drown in river during immersion of tree branch worshipped in Jharkhand's tribal festival Karam
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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
MINU MURMU
Contact: 95****1758
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- LGD code
- 356749
- Pincode
- 814155
- Post office
- Basantrai
- Population
- 655
- Households
- 114
- Literacy rate
- 44.3%
- Sex ratio
- 926 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 383
Census 2011 · in context
How Pathar Kani compares
By population, Pathar Kani ranks #96 of 350 villages in Mahagama mandal.
Literacy rate
%
44.3%
+1.1% vs mandal average
- Pathar Kani
- 44.3%
- Mahagama mandal
- 43.2%
- Godda district
- 46.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
926
−7 vs mandal average
- Pathar Kani
- 926
- Mahagama mandal
- 933
Household size
people per home
5.7
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Pathar Kani
- 5.7
- Mahagama mandal
- 5.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pathar Kani at a glance
Pathar Kani is a village of 655 people in 114 households (Census 2011) in Mahagama block, Godda district, Jharkhand, the 96th-largest of 350 villages in Mahagama block. Literacy is 44%, 1 points above the block average of 43% and the sex ratio is 926 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 814155, served by Basantrai post office; the LGD village code is 356749. The sarpanch is MINU MURMU, and the village votes in Barhait assembly constituency, represented by MLA Hemant Soren. The population is estimated at 772 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Karnu →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pathar Kani · this village | 655 | 44% | — |
| Karnu · Mahagama | 1,254 | 50% | — |
| Tetaria · Mahagama | 1,027 | 54% | — |
| Mahuara · Mahagama | 733 | 49% | — |
| Durgapur · Mahagama | 508 | 25% | — |
| Belti Kari · Mahagama | 298 | 67% | — |
| Bhalu Kita · Mahagama | 248 | 45% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Pathar Kani
- 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
- 1
- 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
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- GODDA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 32
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 32
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 3
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KARNU
- Total area (ha)
- 63.29
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 1.25
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Pathar Kani
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Pathar Kani
- LGD code
- 356749
- Pincode
- 814155
- Post office
- Basantrai
- Population (Census 2011)
- 655
- Population (projected 2026)
- 772
- Households
- 114
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 926
- Literacy rate
- 44.3%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Rajmahal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Barhait
- Member of Parliament
- Vijay Hansda
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Hemant Soren
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- MINU MURMU
- Block / Mandal
- Mahagama
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 814155
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Pathar Kani
Other villages in Mahagama mandal
View all 60+ →- Parsa
- Dighi
- Nayanagar
- Banjpur
- Logain
- Hanwara
- Koila
- Kadhara Mal
- Biswas Khani
- Singpur
- Ramkol
- Samhari
- Gurhi
- Naraini
- Sagrampur
- Letaria
- Sarautia
- Mohanpur
- Sirinathpur
- Milik Hanwara
- Kasba
- Gorgawan
- Jiajori
- Sarbhanga
- Basua
- Ghuthi
- Shahpur Beldiha
- Asota
- Semarkita Ghat Bhandaridih
- Dumaria Khurd
- Khurd
- Hari Karharia
- Ghat Gamharia
- Kusmara
- Jatakothi
- Bhaju Chak
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)