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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
GANESH BODRA
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- LGD code
- 377645
- Pincode
- 833103
- Post office
- Goilkera
- Population
- 516
- Households
- 102
- Literacy rate
- 48.8%
- Sex ratio
- 1072 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 295
- Distance to district centre
- 65 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 163 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 86 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 287 km
- Nearest railway station
- Lotapahar · <1 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Surya Clinic, West Singhbhum · 9 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Dalki compares
By population, Dalki ranks #62 of 114 villages in Goilkera mandal.
Literacy rate
%
48.8%
+11.6% vs mandal average
- Dalki
- 48.8%
- Goilkera mandal
- 37.2%
- West Singhbhum district
- 48.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,072
+78 vs mandal average
- Dalki
- 1,072
- Goilkera mandal
- 994
Household size
people per home
5.1
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Dalki
- 5.1
- Goilkera mandal
- 4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dalki at a glance
Dalki is a village of 516 people in 102 households (Census 2011) in Goilkera block, West Singhbhum district, Jharkhand, the 62nd-largest of 114 villages in Goilkera block. Literacy is 49%, 12 points above the block average of 37% and the sex ratio is 1,072 women per 1,000 men. It lies 65 km from the West Singhbhum district centre, 50 km from Tamar, the nearest town, under 1 km from Lotapahar railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 833103, served by Goilkera post office; the LGD village code is 377645. The nearest hospital or health centre is Surya Clinic, West Singhbhum, 9 km away. The sarpanch is GANESH BODRA, and the village votes in Nirsa assembly constituency, represented by MLA Arup Chatterjee. The population is estimated at 608 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Dalki
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 4
- Power hours (winter)
- 3
- 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
- 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
- CHAKRADHARPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 47
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 79
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- TARAKATKOCHA
- Total area (ha)
- 473.27
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 195.59
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Dalki
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Dalki
- LGD code
- 377645
- Pincode
- 833103
- Post office
- Goilkera
- Population (Census 2011)
- 516
- Population (projected 2026)
- 608
- Households
- 102
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1072
- Literacy rate
- 48.8%
- Coordinates
- 22.60899°N, 85.56487°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Dhanbad
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Nirsa
- Member of Parliament
- Dulu Mahato
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Arup Chatterjee
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- GANESH BODRA
- Block / Mandal
- Goilkera
Getting there
How to reach Dalki
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi86 kmcapital
- Kolkata287 km
- Hyderabad940 km
- Delhi1071 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationLotapahar<1 km
- Hospital / PHCSurya Clinic, West Singhbhum9 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India26 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil Petrol Pump9 km
- CollegeBirsa College58 km
- Police stationJhikpani Police Station29 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
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