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Chirudih is a village in Narayanpur mandal, Jamtara district, Jharkhand. It has a population of 1,001 across 199 households with a literacy rate of 43.1%. The village is located at coordinates 23.087°N, 85.580°E.
By population, Chirudih ranks #49 of 258 villages in Narayanpur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chirudih is a village of 1,001 people in 199 households (Census 2011) in Narayanpur block, Jamtara district, Jharkhand, the 49th-largest of 258 villages in Narayanpur block. Literacy is 43%, 1 points below the block average of 44% and the sex ratio is 963 women per 1,000 men. It lies 186 km from the Jamtara district centre, 8 km from Tamar, the nearest town, 30 km from Gautamdhara railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 815357, served by Karogram post office; the LGD village code is 372319. The nearest hospital or health centre is Bundu Municipal Hospital, 8 km away. The sarpanch is Babulal kisku, and the village votes in Jamtara assembly constituency, represented by MLA Irfan Ansari. The population is estimated at 1,211 in 2026, up 21% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Dighari →
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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