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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Sindri is a small village in Barhait mandal, Sahebganj district, Jharkhand, with a population of 150 across 37 households. Situated at 24.864°N, 87.503°E with a literacy rate of 43.3% and postal code 816129.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
KIRAN SOREN
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- LGD code
- 358678
- Pincode
- 816129
- Post office
- Taljhari
- Population
- 150
- Households
- 37
- Literacy rate
- 43.3%
- Sex ratio
- 948 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 94
- Distance to district centre
- 21 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 6 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 280 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 269 km
- Nearest railway station
- Barharwa Junction · 27 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Primary Health Centre · 5 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Sindri compares
By population, Sindri ranks #121 of 273 villages in Barhait mandal.
Literacy rate
%
43.3%
+10.7% vs mandal average
- Sindri
- 43.3%
- Barhait mandal
- 32.6%
- Sahebganj district
- 42.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
948
−16 vs mandal average
- Sindri
- 948
- Barhait mandal
- 964
Household size
people per home
4.1
−0.7 vs mandal average
- Sindri
- 4.1
- Barhait mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sindri at a glance
Sindri is a village of 150 people in 37 households (Census 2011) in Barhait block, Sahebganj district, Jharkhand, the 121st-largest of 273 villages in Barhait block. Literacy is 43%, 11 points above the block average of 33% and the sex ratio is 948 women per 1,000 men. It lies 21 km from the Sahebganj district centre, 19 km from Majhua, the nearest town, 27 km from Barharwa Junction railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 816129, served by Taljhari post office; the LGD village code is 358678. The nearest hospital or health centre is Primary Health Centre, 5 km away. The sarpanch is KIRAN SOREN, and the village votes in Barhait assembly constituency, represented by MLA Hemant Soren. The population is estimated at 177 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Sindri
- 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
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- SAHIBGANJ
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 64
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 64
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 14
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- CHUCHHI
- Total area (ha)
- 104.37
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 6.79
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Sindri
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Sindri
- LGD code
- 358678
- Pincode
- 816129
- Post office
- Taljhari
- Population (Census 2011)
- 150
- Population (projected 2026)
- 177
- Households
- 37
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 948
- Literacy rate
- 43.3%
- Coordinates
- 24.86429°N, 87.50303°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Rajmahal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Barhait
- Member of Parliament
- Vijay Hansda
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Hemant Soren
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- KIRAN SOREN
- Block / Mandal
- Barhait
Getting there
How to reach Sindri
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi280 kmcapital
- Kolkata269 km
- Delhi1103 km
- Hyderabad1251 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBarharwa Junction27 km
- Hospital / PHCPrimary Health Centre5 km
- CollegeD.N.C. College59 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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