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Jharkhand Minister inaugurates cafe, dedicating it to "symbol of hard work, skills, self-reliance of rural women"
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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SONIYA DEVI
Contact: 63****6646
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- LGD code
- 348289
- Pincode
- 825403
- Post office
- Jori
- Population
- 3
- Households
- 1
- Literacy rate
- 66.7%
- Sex ratio
- 500 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 3
Census 2011 · in context
How Bengwatari compares
By population, Bengwatari ranks #250 of 270 villages in Shaligram Ram Narayanpur(Hunterganj) mandal.
Literacy rate
%
66.7%
+22.6% vs mandal average
- Bengwatari
- 66.7%
- Shaligram Ram Narayanpur(Hunterganj) mandal
- 44.1%
- Chatra district
- 48.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
500
−447 vs mandal average
- Bengwatari
- 500
- Shaligram Ram Narayanpur(Hunterganj) mandal
- 947
Household size
people per home
3.0
−2.9 vs mandal average
- Bengwatari
- 3.0
- Shaligram Ram Narayanpur(Hunterganj) mandal
- 5.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bengwatari at a glance
Bengwatari is a village of 3 people in 1 households (Census 2011) in Shaligram Ram Narayanpur(Hunterganj) block, Chatra district, Jharkhand, the 250th-largest of 270 villages in Shaligram Ram Narayanpur(Hunterganj) block. Literacy is 67%, 23 points above the block average of 44% and the sex ratio is 500 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 825403, served by Jori post office; the LGD village code is 348289. The sarpanch is SONIYA DEVI, and the village votes in Sarath assembly constituency, represented by MLA Uday Shankar Singh. The population is estimated at 4 in 2026, up 33% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bengwatari · this village | 3 | 67% | — |
| Jaldiha · Shaligram Ram Narayanpur(Hunterganj) | 1,368 | 29% | — |
| Kurkheta · Shaligram Ram Narayanpur(Hunterganj) | 801 | 21% | — |
| Kasiadih · Shaligram Ram Narayanpur(Hunterganj) | 690 | 31% | — |
| Rajguru · Shaligram Ram Narayanpur(Hunterganj) | 517 | 18% | — |
| Surhud · Shaligram Ram Narayanpur(Hunterganj) | 409 | 37% | — |
| Majhgawan · Shaligram Ram Narayanpur(Hunterganj) | 407 | 21% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bengwatari
- 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
- 0
- Middle school
- 0
- 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
- No
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- CHATRA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 50
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 44
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- JOLDIHA
- Total area (ha)
- 53
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 27.93
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bengwatari
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bengwatari
- LGD code
- 348289
- Pincode
- 825403
- Post office
- Jori
- Population (Census 2011)
- 3
- Population (projected 2026)
- 4
- Households
- 1
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 500
- Literacy rate
- 66.7%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Dumka
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sarath
- Member of Parliament
- Nalin Soren
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Uday Shankar Singh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SONIYA DEVI
- Block / Mandal
- Shaligram Ram Narayanpur(Hunterganj)
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 825403
- Jori KalanShaligram Ram Narayanpur(Hunterganj) mandal7,711 pop
- GenjnaShaligram Ram Narayanpur(Hunterganj) mandal3,413 pop
- BaluriShaligram Ram Narayanpur(Hunterganj) mandal3,038 pop
- Nawadih PanariShaligram Ram Narayanpur(Hunterganj) mandal3,029 pop
- KobnaShaligram Ram Narayanpur(Hunterganj) mandal3,027 pop
- AunruShaligram Ram Narayanpur(Hunterganj) mandal3,003 pop
- KataiaShaligram Ram Narayanpur(Hunterganj) mandal2,926 pop
- LenjwaShaligram Ram Narayanpur(Hunterganj) mandal2,908 pop
- GeruaShaligram Ram Narayanpur(Hunterganj) mandal2,838 pop
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Bengwatari
Other villages in Shaligram Ram Narayanpur(Hunterganj) mandal
View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)