By population, Bodma ranks #72 of 126 villages in Chandankiyari mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bodma is a village of 1,114 people in 238 households (Census 2011) in Chandankiyari block, Bokaro district, Jharkhand, the 72nd-largest of 126 villages in Chandankiyari block. Literacy is 50%, 3 points below the block average of 53% and the sex ratio is 914 women per 1,000 men. It lies 60 km from the Bokaro district centre, 48 km from Aguri Band Punisol, the nearest town, 6 km from Indrabil railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 828134, served by Chandan Kiyari post office; the LGD village code is 362842. The nearest hospital or health centre is Chaudhuri Diagnostics & Hospital, 11 km away. The sarpanch is Biplab Chakraborty, and the village votes in Chandankiyari assembly constituency, represented by MLA Uma Kant Rajak. The population is estimated at 1,601 in 2026, up 44% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Bastora →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bodma · this village | 1,114 | 50% | — |
| Bodma · Kashipur | 1,260 | 55% | 0 km N |
| Bodma · Jamtara | 1,438 | 61% | 0 km N |
| Kashipur · Kashipur | 2,369 | 69% | 0.9 km NW |
| Mahuljodha · Kashipur | 0 | — | 1.2 km E |
| Bhalukgajar · Kashipur | 483 | 46% | 1.8 km SE |
| Sutabai · Kashipur | 3,507 | 58% | 1.8 km E |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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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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