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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
RANI KUI
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- LGD code
- 377575
- Pincode
- 833103
- Post office
- Goilkera
- Population
- 394
- Households
- 73
- Literacy rate
- 50.8%
- Sex ratio
- 1141 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 185
Census 2011 · in context
How Chitir compares
By population, Chitir ranks #83 of 114 villages in Goilkera mandal.
Literacy rate
%
50.8%
+13.6% vs mandal average
- Chitir
- 50.8%
- Goilkera mandal
- 37.2%
- West Singhbhum district
- 48.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,141
+147 vs mandal average
- Chitir
- 1,141
- Goilkera mandal
- 994
Household size
people per home
5.4
+0.5 vs mandal average
- Chitir
- 5.4
- Goilkera mandal
- 4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chitir at a glance
Chitir is a village of 394 people in 73 households (Census 2011) in Goilkera block, West Singhbhum district, Jharkhand, the 83rd-largest of 114 villages in Goilkera block. Literacy is 51%, 14 points above the block average of 37% and the sex ratio is 1,141 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 833103, served by Goilkera post office; the LGD village code is 377575. The sarpanch is RANI KUI, and the village votes in Nirsa assembly constituency, represented by MLA Arup Chatterjee. The population is estimated at 465 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Chitir
- 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
- 0
- 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
- 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
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- CHAKRADHARPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 59
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 85
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 19
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KEBRA
- Total area (ha)
- 124.45
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0.92
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Chitir
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Chitir
- LGD code
- 377575
- Pincode
- 833103
- Post office
- Goilkera
- Population (Census 2011)
- 394
- Population (projected 2026)
- 465
- Households
- 73
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1141
- Literacy rate
- 50.8%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Dhanbad
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Nirsa
- Member of Parliament
- Dulu Mahato
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Arup Chatterjee
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- RANI KUI
- Block / Mandal
- Goilkera
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
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