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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Pathra is a village in Hariharganj mandal, Palamu district, Jharkhand, with a population of 496 residents across 81 households. The village has a literacy rate of 31.5% and postal code 822131.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Binay Kumar Singh
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- LGD code
- 365324
- Pincode
- 822131
- Post office
- Harihar Ganj (Palamau)
- Population
- 496
- Households
- 81
- Literacy rate
- 31.5%
- Sex ratio
- 1033 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 368
- Distance to district centre
- 92 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 3 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 198 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 245 km
- Nearest railway station
- Dhanpatdih · 8 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- CHC, Sarath · 15 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Pathra compares
By population, Pathra ranks #47 of 94 villages in Hariharganj mandal.
Literacy rate
%
31.5%
−19.6% vs mandal average
Pathra31.5%
Hariharganj mandal51.1%
Palamu district52.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,033
+108 vs mandal average
Pathra1,033
Hariharganj mandal925
Household size
people per home
6.1
+0.4 vs mandal average
Pathra6.1
Hariharganj mandal5.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pathra at a glance
Pathra is a village of 496 people in 81 households (Census 2011) in Hariharganj block, Palamu district, Jharkhand, the 47th-largest of 94 villages in Hariharganj block. Literacy is 32%, 20 points below the block average of 51% and the sex ratio is 1,033 women per 1,000 men. It lies 92 km from the Palamu district centre, 59 km from Chakai, the nearest town, 8 km from Dhanpatdih railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 822131, served by Harihar Ganj (Palamau) post office; the LGD village code is 365324. The nearest hospital or health centre is CHC, Sarath, 15 km away. The sarpanch is Binay Kumar Singh, and the village votes in Jarmundi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Devendra Kunwar. The population is estimated at 585 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Pathra
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 2
- Power hours (winter)
- 2
- 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
- No
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- DALTONGANJ
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 74
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 74
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 14
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- SARSOT
- Total area (ha)
- 176
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 52.8
- Forest area (ha)
- 103.05
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Pathra
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Pathra
- LGD code
- 365324
- Pincode
- 822131
- Post office
- Harihar Ganj (Palamau)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 496
- Population (projected 2026)
- 585
- Households
- 81
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1033
- Literacy rate
- 31.5%
- Coordinates
- 24.34228°N, 86.92606°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Godda
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Jarmundi
- Member of Parliament
- Nishikant Dubey
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Devendra Kunwar
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Binay Kumar Singh
- Block / Mandal
- Hariharganj
Getting there
How to reach Pathra
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi198 kmcapital
- Kolkata245 km
- Delhi1077 km
- Hyderabad1169 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationDhanpatdih8 km
- Hospital / PHCCHC, Sarath15 km
- ATM / banklic center29 km
- Petrol pumpHP Petrol Pump29 km
- CollegeBajla Mahila College28 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 822131
- Ararua KhurdHariharganj mandal4,025 pop
- KharagpurHariharganj mandal3,645 pop
- DemaHariharganj mandal2,404 pop
- SarsotHariharganj mandal2,261 pop
- PipraHariharganj mandal2,079 pop
- BhanwarHariharganj mandal1,966 pop
- SemarbarHariharganj mandal1,839 pop
- AmbaHariharganj mandal1,783 pop
- Bhagat TenduaHariharganj mandal1,765 pop
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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)