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Six drown in river during immersion of tree branch worshipped in Jharkhand's tribal festival Karam
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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
AS
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
AMAR SINGH SAMAD
Contact: 77****6159
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- LGD code
- 376858
- Pincode
- 833105
- Post office
- Sonua
- Population
- 638
- Households
- 131
- Literacy rate
- 52.5%
- Sex ratio
- 939 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 308
- Distance to district centre
- 65 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 156 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 #50 of 107 villages in Sonua mandal.
Literacy rate
%
52.5%
+3.4% vs mandal average
- Dalki
- 52.5%
- Sonua mandal
- 49.1%
- West Singhbhum district
- 48.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
939
−74 vs mandal average
- Dalki
- 939
- Sonua mandal
- 1,013
Household size
people per home
4.9
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Dalki
- 4.9
- Sonua mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dalki at a glance
Dalki is a village of 638 people in 131 households (Census 2011) in Sonua block, West Singhbhum district, Jharkhand, the 50th-largest of 107 villages in Sonua block. Literacy is 53%, 3 points above the block average of 49% and the sex ratio is 939 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 833105, served by Sonua post office; the LGD village code is 376858. The nearest hospital or health centre is Surya Clinic, West Singhbhum, 9 km away. The sarpanch is AMAR SINGH SAMAD, and the village votes in Sindri assembly constituency, represented by MLA Chandradeo Mahato Alias Bablu Mahato. The population is estimated at 752 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
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- 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
- CHAKRADHARPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 12
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 42
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 12
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- GOVINDPUR
- Total area (ha)
- 93.52
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
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
- 376858
- Pincode
- 833105
- Post office
- Sonua
- Population (Census 2011)
- 638
- Population (projected 2026)
- 752
- Households
- 131
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 939
- Literacy rate
- 52.5%
- Coordinates
- 22.60899°N, 85.56487°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Dhanbad
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sindri
- Member of Parliament
- Dulu Mahato
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Chandradeo Mahato Alias Bablu Mahato
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- AMAR SINGH SAMAD
- Block / Mandal
- Sonua
- Nearest railway station
- Lotapahar (1.0 km)
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
Nearest to the village
- Railway station
- Lotapaharunder 1 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
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