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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
HARIDAS TUDU
Contact: 70****9498
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- LGD code
- 360951
- Pincode
- 816117
- Post office
- Pakuria
- Population
- 897
- Households
- 184
- Literacy rate
- 48.4%
- Sex ratio
- 1265 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 403
Census 2011 · in context
How Jharia compares
By population, Jharia ranks #38 of 156 villages in Pakuria mandal.
Literacy rate
%
48.4%
+4.2% vs mandal average
- Jharia
- 48.4%
- Pakuria mandal
- 44.2%
- Pakur district
- 39.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,265
+261 vs mandal average
- Jharia
- 1,265
- Pakuria mandal
- 1,004
Household size
people per home
4.9
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Jharia
- 4.9
- Pakuria mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Jharia at a glance
Jharia is a village of 897 people in 184 households (Census 2011) in Pakuria block, Pakur district, Jharkhand, the 38th-largest of 156 villages in Pakuria block. Literacy is 48%, 4 points above the block average of 44% and the sex ratio is 1,265 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 816117, served by Pakuria post office; the LGD village code is 360951. The sarpanch is HARIDAS TUDU. The population is estimated at 1,058 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Bichpahari →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jharia · this village | 897 | 48% | — |
| Bichpahari · Pakuria | 1,253 | 38% | — |
| Chandna · Pakuria | 971 | 36% | — |
| Ramghati · Pakuria | 676 | 54% | — |
| Karmanala · Pakuria | 648 | 41% | — |
| Chakladanga · Pakuria | 540 | 44% | — |
| Tegharia · Pakuria | 528 | 42% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Jharia
- 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
- 0
- 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
- No
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- PAKAUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 55
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 55
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 5
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BICHPAHARI
- Total area (ha)
- 259
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Jharia
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Jharia
- LGD code
- 360951
- Pincode
- 816117
- Post office
- Pakuria
- Population (Census 2011)
- 897
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,058
- Households
- 184
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1265
- Literacy rate
- 48.4%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Dumka
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Skiaripara
- Member of Parliament
- Nalin Soren
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- HARIDAS TUDU
- Block / Mandal
- Pakuria
- Nearest PHC
- Primary Health Centre,Bara Narganj (4.5 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, 2026-05-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)