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Six drown in river during immersion of tree branch worshipped in Jharkhand's tribal festival Karam
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
PUTUL DEVI
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- LGD code
- 358850
- Pincode
- 816129
- Post office
- Taljhari
- Population
- 247
- Households
- 49
- Literacy rate
- 44.9%
- Sex ratio
- 992 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 141
- Distance to district centre
- 24 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 16 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 319 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 298 km
- Nearest railway station
- Maharajpur · 3 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- PHC, Banjhi · 9 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kaldi Bita compares
By population, Kaldi Bita ranks #75 of 273 villages in Taljhari mandal.
Literacy rate
%
44.9%
+6.2% vs mandal average
- Kaldi Bita
- 44.9%
- Taljhari mandal
- 38.7%
- Sahebganj district
- 42.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
992
+18 vs mandal average
- Kaldi Bita
- 992
- Taljhari mandal
- 974
Household size
people per home
5.0
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Kaldi Bita
- 5.0
- Taljhari mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kaldi Bita at a glance
Kaldi Bita is a village of 247 people in 49 households (Census 2011) in Taljhari block, Sahebganj district, Jharkhand, the 75th-largest of 273 villages in Taljhari block. Literacy is 45%, 6 points above the block average of 39% and the sex ratio is 992 women per 1,000 men. It lies 24 km from the Sahebganj district centre, 2 km from Hardi, the nearest town, 3 km from Maharajpur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 816129, served by Taljhari post office; the LGD village code is 358850. The nearest hospital or health centre is PHC, Banjhi, 9 km away. The sarpanch is PUTUL DEVI. The population is estimated at 291 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kaldi Bita
- 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
- 0
- 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
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- SAHIBGANJ
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 15
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 15
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 12
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KARANPUR
- Total area (ha)
- 51.93
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 1
- Forest area (ha)
- 11.7
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kaldi Bita
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kaldi Bita
- LGD code
- 358850
- Pincode
- 816129
- Post office
- Taljhari
- Population (Census 2011)
- 247
- Population (projected 2026)
- 291
- Households
- 49
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 992
- Literacy rate
- 44.9%
- Coordinates
- 25.18557°N, 87.72236°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Rajmahal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Boiro
- Member of Parliament
- Vijay Hansda
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- PUTUL DEVI
- Block / Mandal
- Taljhari
Getting there
How to reach Kaldi Bita
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi319 kmcapital
- Kolkata298 km
- Delhi1110 km
- Hyderabad1291 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationMaharajpur3 km
- Bus stopBaldiabari More21 km
- Hospital / PHCPHC, Banjhi9 km
- CollegeD S College41 km
- Police stationNaka No 2(Police Station)41 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)