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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
PARWATI DEVI
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- LGD code
- 361456
- Pincode
- 828306
- Post office
- Nawagarh (Dhanbad)
- Population
- 2,093
- Households
- 410
- Literacy rate
- 56.3%
- Sex ratio
- 908 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 589
Census 2011 · in context
How Pochari compares
By population, Pochari ranks #33 of 193 villages in Baghmara-Cum-Katras mandal.
Literacy rate
%
56.3%
−6.8% vs mandal average
- Pochari
- 56.3%
- Baghmara-Cum-Katras mandal
- 63.1%
- Dhanbad district
- 64.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
908
−5 vs mandal average
- Pochari
- 908
- Baghmara-Cum-Katras mandal
- 913
Household size
people per home
5.1
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Pochari
- 5.1
- Baghmara-Cum-Katras mandal
- 5.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pochari at a glance
Pochari is a village of 2,093 people in 410 households (Census 2011) in Baghmara-Cum-Katras block, Dhanbad district, Jharkhand, the 33rd-largest of 193 villages in Baghmara-Cum-Katras block. Literacy is 56%, 7 points below the block average of 63% and the sex ratio is 908 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 828306, served by Nawagarh (Dhanbad) post office; the LGD village code is 361456. The sarpanch is PARWATI DEVI, and the village votes in Jamtara assembly constituency, represented by MLA Irfan Ansari. The population is estimated at 2,468 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Pochari
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 3
- Power hours (winter)
- 4
- 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
- No
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- DHANBAD
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 26
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 26
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 8
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- DARIDA
- Total area (ha)
- 243
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0.42
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Pochari
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Key facts — Pochari
- LGD code
- 361456
- Pincode
- 828306
- Post office
- Nawagarh (Dhanbad)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,093
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,468
- Households
- 410
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 908
- Literacy rate
- 56.3%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Dumka
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Jamtara
- Member of Parliament
- Nalin Soren
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Irfan Ansari
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- PARWATI DEVI
- Block / Mandal
- Baghmara-Cum-Katras
Same pincode
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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)