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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SUNITI MARANDI
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- LGD code
- 358664
- Pincode
- 816110
- Post office
- Pathna
- Population
- 284
- Households
- 59
- Literacy rate
- 28.9%
- Sex ratio
- 919 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 178
- Distance to district centre
- 18 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 11 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 282 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 274 km
- Nearest railway station
- Tinpahar Junction · 26 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Primary Health Centre · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Baghmara compares
By population, Baghmara ranks #88 of 273 villages in Barhait mandal.
Literacy rate
%
28.9%
−3.7% vs mandal average
- Baghmara
- 28.9%
- Barhait mandal
- 32.6%
- Sahebganj district
- 42.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
919
−45 vs mandal average
- Baghmara
- 919
- Barhait mandal
- 964
Household size
people per home
4.8
Same as the mandal average
- Baghmara
- 4.8
- Barhait mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Baghmara at a glance
Baghmara is a village of 284 people in 59 households (Census 2011) in Barhait block, Sahebganj district, Jharkhand, the 88th-largest of 273 villages in Barhait block. Literacy is 29%, 4 points below the block average of 33% and the sex ratio is 919 women per 1,000 men. It lies 18 km from the Sahebganj district centre, 15 km from Majhua, the nearest town, 26 km from Tinpahar Junction railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 816110, served by Pathna post office; the LGD village code is 358664. The nearest hospital or health centre is Primary Health Centre, 3 km away. The sarpanch is SUNITI MARANDI, and the village votes in Barhait assembly constituency, represented by MLA Hemant Soren. The population is estimated at 335 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Baghmara
- 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
- 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
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- SAHIBGANJ
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 63
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 63
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 13
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BAGHMARA
- Total area (ha)
- 93.16
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 31.68
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Baghmara
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Baghmara
- LGD code
- 358664
- Pincode
- 816110
- Post office
- Pathna
- Population (Census 2011)
- 284
- Population (projected 2026)
- 335
- Households
- 59
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 919
- Literacy rate
- 28.9%
- Coordinates
- 24.90486°N, 87.50285°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Rajmahal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Barhait
- Member of Parliament
- Vijay Hansda
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Hemant Soren
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SUNITI MARANDI
- Block / Mandal
- Barhait
Getting there
How to reach Baghmara
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi282 kmcapital
- Kolkata274 km
- Delhi1102 km
- Hyderabad1254 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationTinpahar Junction26 km
- Hospital / PHCPrimary Health Centre3 km
- Police stationKaliachak Police Station52 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
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