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By population, Diriburu ranks #19 of 63 villages in Noamundi mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Diriburu is a village of 1,124 people in 242 households (Census 2011) in Noamundi block, West Singhbhum district, Jharkhand, the 19th-largest of 63 villages in Noamundi block. Literacy is 50%, 12 points above the block average of 39% and the sex ratio is 1,022 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 833217, served by Noamundi post office; the LGD village code is 377908. The sarpanch is Gangadhar Chatomba, and the village votes in Torpa assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sudeep Gudhiya. The population is estimated at 1,325 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Diriburu →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diriburu · this village | 1,124 | 50% | — |
| Bara Baljori · Noamundi | 1,167 | 34% | — |
| Khas Jamda · Noamundi | 808 | 46% | — |
| Lipunga · Noamundi | 749 | 36% | — |
| Thakura · Noamundi | 694 | 34% | — |
| Bokna · Noamundi | 640 | 24% | — |
| Param Baljori · Noamundi | 438 | 51% | — |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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