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Village snapshot
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
AJAY MALTO
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- LGD code
- 357986
- Pincode
- 816120
- Post office
- Borio
- Population
- 285
- Households
- 64
- Literacy rate
- 38.2%
- Sex ratio
- 1050 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 92
- Distance to district centre
- 29 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 16 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 314 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 306 km
- Nearest railway station
- Sahibganj · 3 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Jabbar's Clinic · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Palma compares
By population, Palma ranks #68 of 228 villages in Mandro mandal.
Literacy rate
%
38.2%
+0.7% vs mandal average
- Palma
- 38.2%
- Mandro mandal
- 37.5%
- Sahebganj district
- 42.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,050
+65 vs mandal average
- Palma
- 1,050
- Mandro mandal
- 985
Household size
people per home
4.5
−0.4 vs mandal average
- Palma
- 4.5
- Mandro mandal
- 4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Palma at a glance
Palma is a village of 285 people in 64 households (Census 2011) in Mandro block, Sahebganj district, Jharkhand, the 68th-largest of 228 villages in Mandro block. Literacy is 38%, about the same as the block average of 38% and the sex ratio is 1,050 women per 1,000 men. It lies 29 km from the Sahebganj district centre, 3 km from Ganga Parshad, the nearest town, 3 km from Sahibganj railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 816120, served by Borio post office; the LGD village code is 357986. The nearest hospital or health centre is Jabbar's Clinic, 3 km away. The sarpanch is AJAY MALTO. The population is estimated at 336 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Palma
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- 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
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- SAHIBGANJ
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 6
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 6
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 40
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- AMBADIHA
- Total area (ha)
- 82
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 4
- Forest area (ha)
- 5
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Palma
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Palma
- LGD code
- 357986
- Pincode
- 816120
- Post office
- Borio
- Population (Census 2011)
- 285
- Population (projected 2026)
- 336
- Households
- 64
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1050
- Literacy rate
- 38.2%
- Coordinates
- 25.23784°N, 87.60458°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Rajmahal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Boiro
- Member of Parliament
- Vijay Hansda
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- AJAY MALTO
- Block / Mandal
- Mandro
Getting there
How to reach Palma
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi314 kmcapital
- Kolkata306 km
- Delhi1096 km
- Hyderabad1285 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationSahibganj3 km
- Bus stopBaldiabari More14 km
- Hospital / PHCJabbar's Clinic3 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India33 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Petrol Pump35 km
- CollegeAmbedkar Institute of Health Line33 km
- Police stationNaka No 2(Police Station)32 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)