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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Pratima Tiru
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- LGD code
- 374886
- Pincode
- 835210
- Post office
- Khunti
- Population
- 1,066
- Households
- 225
- Literacy rate
- 65%
- Sex ratio
- 1074 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 473
- Distance to district centre
- 57 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 43 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 70 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 274 km
- Nearest railway station
- Radhagaon · 16 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital,Petarwar · 8 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kasmar compares
By population, Kasmar ranks #29 of 94 villages in Torpa mandal.
Literacy rate
%
65.0%
+6.6% vs mandal average
Kasmar65.0%
Torpa mandal58.4%
Khunti district53.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,074
+64 vs mandal average
Kasmar1,074
Torpa mandal1,010
Household size
people per home
4.7
−0.6 vs mandal average
Kasmar4.7
Torpa mandal5.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kasmar at a glance
Kasmar is a village of 1,066 people in 225 households (Census 2011) in Torpa block, Khunti district, Jharkhand, the 29th-largest of 94 villages in Torpa block. Literacy is 65%, 7 points above the block average of 58% and the sex ratio is 1,074 women per 1,000 men. It lies 57 km from the Khunti district centre, 19 km from Madhupur, the nearest town, 16 km from Radhagaon railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 835210, served by Khunti post office; the LGD village code is 374886. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital,Petarwar, 8 km away. The sarpanch is Pratima Tiru, and the village votes in Torpa assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sudeep Gudhiya. The population is estimated at 1,257 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kasmar
- 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
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- KHUNTI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 27
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 32
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 5
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BARKULI
- Total area (ha)
- 564.46
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 11.47
- Forest area (ha)
- 7.95
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kasmar
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Key facts — Kasmar
- LGD code
- 374886
- Pincode
- 835210
- Post office
- Khunti
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,066
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,257
- Households
- 225
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1074
- Literacy rate
- 65.0%
- Coordinates
- 23.60640°N, 85.93585°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Khunti
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Torpa
- Member of Parliament
- Kali Charan Munda
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sudeep Gudhiya
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Pratima Tiru
- Block / Mandal
- Torpa
Getting there
How to reach Kasmar
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi70 kmcapital
- Kolkata274 km
- Delhi1034 km
- Hyderabad1039 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationRadhagaon16 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital,Petarwar8 km
- ATM / bankSBI ATM24 km
- Petrol pumpEssar Petrol Pump21 km
- CollegeSidho-Kanho-Birsha University49 km
- Police stationRajrappa Police Station26 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
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