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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Sukni Devi
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- LGD code
- 367505
- Pincode
- 829202
- Post office
- Balumath
- Population
- 388
- Households
- 70
- Literacy rate
- 49.5%
- Sex ratio
- 874 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 190
Census 2011 · in context
How Mohanpur compares
By population, Mohanpur ranks #34 of 51 villages in Herhanj mandal.
Literacy rate
%
49.5%
+6.2% vs mandal average
Mohanpur49.5%
Herhanj mandal43.3%
Latehar district48.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
874
−75 vs mandal average
Mohanpur874
Herhanj mandal949
Household size
people per home
5.5
−0.3 vs mandal average
Mohanpur5.5
Herhanj mandal5.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Mohanpur at a glance
Mohanpur is a village of 388 people in 70 households (Census 2011) in Herhanj block, Latehar district, Jharkhand, the 34th-largest of 51 villages in Herhanj block. Literacy is 50%, 6 points above the block average of 43% and the sex ratio is 874 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 829202, served by Balumath post office; the LGD village code is 367505. The sarpanch is Sukni Devi. The population is estimated at 457 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Mohanpur
- 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
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- LATEHAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 18
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 18
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- TASU
- Total area (ha)
- 148.08
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 4.63
- Forest area (ha)
- 50.24
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Mohanpur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Mohanpur
- LGD code
- 367505
- Pincode
- 829202
- Post office
- Balumath
- Population (Census 2011)
- 388
- Population (projected 2026)
- 457
- Households
- 70
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 874
- Literacy rate
- 49.5%
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Sukni Devi
- Block / Mandal
- Herhanj
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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