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Six drown in river during immersion of tree branch worshipped in Jharkhand's tribal festival Karam
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
DM
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
DEVI MARANDI
Contact: 62****8755
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- LGD code
- 360366
- Pincode
- 816107
- Post office
- Pakur
- Population
- 1,592
- Households
- 272
- Literacy rate
- 20.1%
- Sex ratio
- 1000 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 697
Census 2011 · in context
How Pitambara compares
By population, Pitambara ranks #47 of 186 villages in Pakaur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
20.1%
−12.3% vs mandal average
- Pitambara
- 20.1%
- Pakaur mandal
- 32.4%
- Pakur district
- 39.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,000
+9 vs mandal average
- Pitambara
- 1,000
- Pakaur mandal
- 991
Household size
people per home
5.9
+0.7 vs mandal average
- Pitambara
- 5.9
- Pakaur mandal
- 5.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pitambara at a glance
Pitambara is a village of 1,592 people in 272 households (Census 2011) in Pakaur block, Pakur district, Jharkhand, the 47th-largest of 186 villages in Pakaur block. Literacy is 20%, 12 points below the block average of 32% and the sex ratio is 1,000 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 816107, served by Pakur post office; the LGD village code is 360366. The sarpanch is DEVI MARANDI, and the village votes in Maheshpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Stephen Marandi. The population is estimated at 1,877 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Jamsherpur →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pitambara · this village | 1,592 | 20% | — |
| Sahapur · Pakaur | 2,181 | 28% | — |
| Jamserpur · Pakaur | 1,870 | 27% | — |
| Chhota Dhansaria · Pakaur | 282 | 21% | — |
| Amdabad · Pakaur | 273 | 41% | — |
| Bara Dhansaria · Pakaur | 261 | 11% | — |
| Bherapokhar · Pakaur | 116 | 5% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Pitambara
- 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
- 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
- No
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- PAKUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 20
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 20
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 20
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- JAMSHERPUR
- Total area (ha)
- 225
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 4.16
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Pitambara
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Pitambara
- LGD code
- 360366
- Pincode
- 816107
- Post office
- Pakur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,592
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,877
- Households
- 272
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1000
- Literacy rate
- 20.1%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Rajmahal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Maheshpur
- Member of Parliament
- Vijay Hansda
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Stephen Marandi
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- DEVI MARANDI
- Block / Mandal
- Pakaur
- Nearest railway station
- Harinsing (20.3 km)
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)