Lead story
21
September 2026
newsSTATE
Two boys, girl paraded in village for ‘spending night together’ in Jharkhand
Reported by ThePrint.
By Resident0 likes0 comments
Represented by
Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
CK
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Chunai Kisku
Contact: 62****1950
Spotted a stale sarpanch record? Sign in and a verified resident of Khuriam can update it.
- LGD code
- 372858
- Pincode
- 815355
- Post office
- Nala
- Population
- 784
- Households
- 157
- Literacy rate
- 64.8%
- Sex ratio
- 1074 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 318
- Distance to district centre
- 9 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 2 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 185 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 221 km
- Nearest railway station
- Jamtara · 19 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Dubey Clinic · 2 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Khuriam compares
By population, Khuriam ranks #47 of 258 villages in Nala mandal.
Literacy rate
%
64.8%
+9.9% vs mandal average
- Khuriam
- 64.8%
- Nala mandal
- 54.9%
- Jamtara district
- 53.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,074
+115 vs mandal average
- Khuriam
- 1,074
- Nala mandal
- 959
Household size
people per home
5.0
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Khuriam
- 5.0
- Nala mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Khuriam at a glance
Khuriam is a village of 784 people in 157 households (Census 2011) in Nala block, Jamtara district, Jharkhand, the 47th-largest of 258 villages in Nala block. Literacy is 65%, 10 points above the block average of 55% and the sex ratio is 1,074 women per 1,000 men. It lies 9 km from the Jamtara district centre, 39 km from Barra, the nearest town, 19 km from Jamtara railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 815355, served by Nala post office; the LGD village code is 372858. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dubey Clinic, 2 km away. The sarpanch is Chunai Kisku, and the village votes in Sarath assembly constituency, represented by MLA Uday Shankar Singh. The population is estimated at 924 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Tasjoria →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →Complete this village · 4/7
Add what you know →- Sarpanch name
- Panchayat contact
- Pincode
- About the villageA few sentences on history and livelihood
- A photoTemple, school, fields — anything from the village
- A festival or jatara
- A notable personTeacher, soldier, sportsperson, entrepreneur
Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Khuriam
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- 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)
- 8
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- JAMTARA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 45
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 45
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 15
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- HANSJURIYA
- Total area (ha)
- 179
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Khuriam
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Khuriam
- LGD code
- 372858
- Pincode
- 815355
- Post office
- Nala
- Population (Census 2011)
- 784
- Population (projected 2026)
- 924
- Households
- 157
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1074
- Literacy rate
- 64.8%
- Coordinates
- 24.07683°N, 86.94512°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Dumka
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sarath
- Member of Parliament
- Nalin Soren
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Uday Shankar Singh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Chunai Kisku
- Block / Mandal
- Nala
Getting there
How to reach Khuriam
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi185 kmcapital
- Kolkata221 km
- Delhi1093 km
- Hyderabad1152 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationJamtara19 km
- Hospital / PHCDubey Clinic2 km
- ATM / bankBank of India27 km
- Petrol pumpPetrol Pump25 km
- CollegeDeshbandhu Mahavidyalaya27 km
- Police stationAsansol South Police Station44 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 815355
Villages near Khuriam
Other villages in Nala mandal
View all 60+ →- Geria
- Nala
- Maralo
- Khaira
- Dalabar
- Pakuria
- Tesjoria
- Gopalpur
- Afzalpur
- Mahulbana.
- Baragholjor
- Jamdahi
- Jabardaha
- Mohanpur
- Rangasol.
- Saluka
- Paikbarh
- Kareyachak Baghmara
- Kasta
- Lachhuraydi
- Bandardiha
- Deoli
- Chak Nayapara
- Sripur
- Bhogikata
- Jaspur
- Punsia
- Sagjuriya.
- Siyarketiya
- Kalipahari
- Maurbasa(Durgapur)
- Panjunia
- Bamandiha
- Hathiya Pathar
- Maheshmunda
- Begejuri.
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)