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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
CHINTAMANI DEVI
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- LGD code
- 366759
- Pincode
- 822110
- Post office
- Raj Chainpur
- Population
- 1,680
- Households
- 317
- Literacy rate
- 50.1%
- Sex ratio
- 986 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 660
- Distance to district centre
- 209 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 253 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 316 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 297 km
- Nearest railway station
- Karanpurato · 4 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- PHC, Banjhi · 6 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Bahera compares
By population, Bahera ranks #37 of 179 villages in Chainpur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
50.1%
+4.5% vs mandal average
- Bahera
- 50.1%
- Chainpur mandal
- 45.6%
- Palamu district
- 52.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
986
+43 vs mandal average
- Bahera
- 986
- Chainpur mandal
- 943
Household size
people per home
5.3
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Bahera
- 5.3
- Chainpur mandal
- 5.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bahera at a glance
Bahera is a village of 1,680 people in 317 households (Census 2011) in Chainpur block, Palamu district, Jharkhand, the 37th-largest of 179 villages in Chainpur block. Literacy is 50%, 5 points above the block average of 46% and the sex ratio is 986 women per 1,000 men. It lies 209 km from the Palamu district centre, 3 km from Karanpur, the nearest town, 4 km from Karanpurato railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 822110, served by Raj Chainpur post office; the LGD village code is 366759. The nearest hospital or health centre is PHC, Banjhi, 6 km away. The sarpanch is CHINTAMANI DEVI, and the village votes in Mandu assembly constituency, represented by MLA Nirmal Mahto. The population is estimated at 1,981 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bahera
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 6
- Power hours (winter)
- 8
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- 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
- MEDININAGAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 18
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- SALTUA
- Total area (ha)
- 289
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 14
- Forest area (ha)
- 87.48
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bahera
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Key facts — Bahera
- LGD code
- 366759
- Pincode
- 822110
- Post office
- Raj Chainpur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,680
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,981
- Households
- 317
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 986
- Literacy rate
- 50.1%
- Coordinates
- 25.17000°N, 87.70425°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Hazaribagh
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Mandu
- Member of Parliament
- Manish Jaiswal
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Nirmal Mahto
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- CHINTAMANI DEVI
- Block / Mandal
- Chainpur
Getting there
How to reach Bahera
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi316 kmcapital
- Kolkata297 km
- Delhi1108 km
- Hyderabad1288 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKaranpurato4 km
- Bus stopBaldiabari More22 km
- Hospital / PHCPHC, Banjhi6 km
- CollegeD S College42 km
- Police stationNaka No 2(Police Station)42 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)