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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
MD TANWEER ALAM
Contact: 79****0896
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- LGD code
- 355703
- Pincode
- 814160
- Post office
- Meharma
- Population
- 1,907
- Households
- 386
- Literacy rate
- 49.6%
- Sex ratio
- 890 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 575
Census 2011 · in context
How Rasti Kar compares
By population, Rasti Kar ranks #24 of 212 villages in Meherma mandal.
Literacy rate
%
49.6%
+4.6% vs mandal average
Rasti Kar49.6%
Meherma mandal45.0%
Godda district46.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
890
−21 vs mandal average
Rasti Kar890
Meherma mandal911
Household size
people per home
4.9
−0.4 vs mandal average
Rasti Kar4.9
Meherma mandal5.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Rasti Kar at a glance
Rasti Kar is a village of 1,907 people in 386 households (Census 2011) in Meherma block, Godda district, Jharkhand, the 24th-largest of 212 villages in Meherma block. Literacy is 50%, 5 points above the block average of 45% and the sex ratio is 890 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 814160, served by Meharma post office; the LGD village code is 355703. The sarpanch is MD TANWEER ALAM, and the village votes in Litipara assembly constituency, represented by MLA Hemlal Murmu. The population is estimated at 2,248 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Mal Paratappur →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rasti Kar · this village | 1,907 | 50% | — |
| Partappur Mal · Meherma | 1,955 | 31% | — |
| Dogachhi · Meherma | 991 | 18% | — |
| Amdanr Asli · Meherma | 862 | 70% | — |
| Partappur Jagir · Meherma | 807 | 10% | — |
| Kita Kalamdanr · Meherma | 477 | 45% | — |
| Tazi Chak · Meherma | 219 | 35% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Rasti Kar
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- 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
- 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
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- GODDA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 45
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- MAL PRATAPUR
- Total area (ha)
- 32
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 6
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Rasti Kar
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Rasti Kar
- LGD code
- 355703
- Pincode
- 814160
- Post office
- Meharma
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,907
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,248
- Households
- 386
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 890
- Literacy rate
- 49.6%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Rajmahal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Litipara
- Member of Parliament
- Vijay Hansda
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Hemlal Murmu
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- MD TANWEER ALAM
- Block / Mandal
- Meherma
- Nearest railway station
- Panjwara Road (56.4 km)
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 814160
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Rasti Kar
Other villages in Meherma mandal
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- Doi
- Madhura
- Lakramara
- Belbadda
- Amjora Firozganj
- Chhota And Bara Mangarh
- Itahari
- Sukhari
- Sankarpur
- Dhankuria
- Borma
- Pati Chak
- Mehrma
- Kamardiha
- Budhason
- Amor
- Rajan
- Partappur Mal
- Kumardom
- Barari
- Dhodha
- Siwanpur
- Chaura
- Tularam Bhuska
- Champa
- Khiraundhi
- Mania Chak
- Benidas Bhuska
- Sauri Chak
- Kharthi
- Marpa
- Haripur
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)