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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SANJAY ORAON
Contact: 85****1944
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- LGD code
- 376196
- Pincode
- 835207
- Post office
- Gumla Bazar
- Population
- 413
- Households
- 73
- Literacy rate
- 36.3%
- Sex ratio
- 1015 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 259
Census 2011 · in context
How Lonhra compares
By population, Lonhra ranks #45 of 63 villages in Dumri mandal.
Literacy rate
%
36.3%
−22.1% vs mandal average
Lonhra36.3%
Dumri mandal58.4%
Gumla district54.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,015
+41 vs mandal average
Lonhra1,015
Dumri mandal974
Household size
people per home
5.7
Same as the mandal average
Lonhra5.7
Dumri mandal5.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Lonhra at a glance
Lonhra is a village of 413 people in 73 households (Census 2011) in Dumri block, Gumla district, Jharkhand, the 45th-largest of 63 villages in Dumri block. Literacy is 36%, 22 points below the block average of 58% and the sex ratio is 1,015 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 835207, served by Gumla Bazar post office; the LGD village code is 376196. The sarpanch is SANJAY ORAON, and the village votes in Baghmara assembly constituency, represented by MLA Shatrughan Mahto. The population is estimated at 487 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Lonhra
- 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
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- GUMLA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 10
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 10
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 74
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KARNI
- Total area (ha)
- 442
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 8.5
- Forest area (ha)
- 30.34
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Lonhra
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Lonhra
- LGD code
- 376196
- Pincode
- 835207
- Post office
- Gumla Bazar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 413
- Population (projected 2026)
- 487
- Households
- 73
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1015
- Literacy rate
- 36.3%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Giridih
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Baghmara
- Member of Parliament
- Chandra Prakash Choudhary
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Shatrughan Mahto
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SANJAY ORAON
- Block / Mandal
- Dumri
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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
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