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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Padampur is a village in Karra mandal, Khunti district, Jharkhand. It has a population of 593 across 114 households, with a literacy rate of 52.4%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SHANTI TIRKEY
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- LGD code
- 374858
- Pincode
- 835210
- Post office
- Khunti
- Population
- 593
- Households
- 114
- Literacy rate
- 52.4%
- Sex ratio
- 1073 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 285
- Distance to district centre
- 38 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 51 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 87 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 251 km
- Nearest railway station
- Sini Junction · 3 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Dr. A. Kundu Clinic · 10 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Padampur compares
By population, Padampur ranks #67 of 178 villages in Karra mandal.
Literacy rate
%
52.4%
+0.7% vs mandal average
Padampur52.4%
Karra mandal51.7%
Khunti district53.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,073
+76 vs mandal average
Padampur1,073
Karra mandal997
Household size
people per home
5.2
Same as the mandal average
Padampur5.2
Karra mandal5.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Padampur at a glance
Padampur is a village of 593 people in 114 households (Census 2011) in Karra block, Khunti district, Jharkhand, the 67th-largest of 178 villages in Karra block. Literacy is 52%, about the same as the block average of 52% and the sex ratio is 1,073 women per 1,000 men. It lies 38 km from the Khunti district centre, 39 km from Tamar, the nearest town, 3 km from Sini Junction railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 835210, served by Khunti post office; the LGD village code is 374858. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dr. A. Kundu Clinic, 10 km away. The sarpanch is SHANTI TIRKEY. The population is estimated at 699 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Padampur
- 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)
- 5
- Power hours (winter)
- 5
- 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
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- KHUNTI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 32
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 32
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 17
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- HAKAJANG
- Total area (ha)
- 173
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 5.62
- Forest area (ha)
- 18.47
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Padampur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Padampur
- LGD code
- 374858
- Pincode
- 835210
- Post office
- Khunti
- Population (Census 2011)
- 593
- Population (projected 2026)
- 699
- Households
- 114
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1073
- Literacy rate
- 52.4%
- Coordinates
- 22.80741°N, 85.93117°E
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SHANTI TIRKEY
- Block / Mandal
- Karra
Getting there
How to reach Padampur
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi87 kmcapital
- Kolkata251 km
- Hyderabad983 km
- Delhi1086 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationSini Junction3 km
- Hospital / PHCDr. A. Kundu Clinic10 km
- ATM / bankBank of India22 km
- Petrol pumpKadma Petrol Pump24 km
- Collegejamshedpur Women's College26 km
- Police stationBistupur Police Station.26 km
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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
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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