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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Aftab Husain
Contact: 90****9923
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- LGD code
- 348878
- Pincode
- 825408
- Post office
- Itkhori
- Population
- 495
- Households
- 89
- Literacy rate
- 42.4%
- Sex ratio
- 1220 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 163
- Distance to district centre
- 176 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 146 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 290 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 278 km
- Nearest railway station
- Tinpahar Junction · 19 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Primary Health Centre · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Pakri compares
By population, Pakri ranks #45 of 124 villages in Kanha Chatti mandal.
Literacy rate
%
42.4%
−9.3% vs mandal average
Pakri42.4%
Kanha Chatti mandal51.7%
Chatra district48.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,220
+258 vs mandal average
Pakri1,220
Kanha Chatti mandal962
Household size
people per home
5.6
−0.3 vs mandal average
Pakri5.6
Kanha Chatti mandal5.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pakri at a glance
Pakri is a village of 495 people in 89 households (Census 2011) in Kanha Chatti block, Chatra district, Jharkhand, the 45th-largest of 124 villages in Kanha Chatti block. Literacy is 42%, 9 points below the block average of 52% and the sex ratio is 1,220 women per 1,000 men. It lies 176 km from the Chatra district centre, 8 km from Majhua, the nearest town, 19 km from Tinpahar Junction railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 825408, served by Itkhori post office; the LGD village code is 348878. The nearest hospital or health centre is Primary Health Centre, 7 km away. The sarpanch is Aftab Husain, and the village votes in Gandey assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kalpana Murmu Soren. The population is estimated at 584 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Pakri
- 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
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- 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
- CHATRA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 41
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 41
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 16
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- MADGARA
- Total area (ha)
- 222
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 121.51
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Pakri
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Pakri
- LGD code
- 348878
- Pincode
- 825408
- Post office
- Itkhori
- Population (Census 2011)
- 495
- Population (projected 2026)
- 584
- Households
- 89
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1220
- Literacy rate
- 42.4%
- Coordinates
- 24.95964°N, 87.55798°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kodarma
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Gandey
- Member of Parliament
- Annpurna Devi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kalpana Murmu Soren
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Aftab Husain
- Block / Mandal
- Kanha Chatti
Getting there
How to reach Pakri
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi290 kmcapital
- Kolkata278 km
- Delhi1104 km
- Hyderabad1262 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationTinpahar Junction19 km
- Hospital / PHCPrimary Health Centre7 km
- Police stationKaliachak Police Station48 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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