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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SHAMIMA KHATOON
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- LGD code
- 361785
- Pincode
- 828109
- Post office
- Govindpur (Dhanbad)
- Population
- 953
- Households
- 176
- Literacy rate
- 60.3%
- Sex ratio
- 969 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 484
- Distance to district centre
- 121 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 123 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 64 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 261 km
- Nearest railway station
- Torang · 7 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Silli Nursing Home · 14 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Bandhdi compares
By population, Bandhdi ranks #84 of 220 villages in Gobindpur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
60.3%
+3.7% vs mandal average
- Bandhdi
- 60.3%
- Gobindpur mandal
- 56.6%
- Dhanbad district
- 64.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
969
+36 vs mandal average
- Bandhdi
- 969
- Gobindpur mandal
- 933
Household size
people per home
5.4
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Bandhdi
- 5.4
- Gobindpur mandal
- 5.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bandhdi at a glance
Bandhdi is a village of 953 people in 176 households (Census 2011) in Gobindpur block, Dhanbad district, Jharkhand, the 84th-largest of 220 villages in Gobindpur block. Literacy is 60%, 4 points above the block average of 57% and the sex ratio is 969 women per 1,000 men. It lies 121 km from the Dhanbad district centre, 2 km from Kalimati, the nearest town, 7 km from Torang railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 828109, served by Govindpur (Dhanbad) post office; the LGD village code is 361785. The nearest hospital or health centre is Silli Nursing Home, 14 km away. The sarpanch is SHAMIMA KHATOON, and the village votes in Jamtara assembly constituency, represented by MLA Irfan Ansari. The population is estimated at 1,125 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bandhdi
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 11
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- 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
- 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
- DHANBAD
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 13
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 13
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 3
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BARANWATANR
- Total area (ha)
- 86
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 3.91
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bandhdi
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bandhdi
- LGD code
- 361785
- Pincode
- 828109
- Post office
- Govindpur (Dhanbad)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 953
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,125
- Households
- 176
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 969
- Literacy rate
- 60.3%
- Coordinates
- 23.25756°N, 85.92439°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Dumka
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Jamtara
- Member of Parliament
- Nalin Soren
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Irfan Ansari
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SHAMIMA KHATOON
- Block / Mandal
- Gobindpur
Getting there
How to reach Bandhdi
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi64 kmcapital
- Kolkata261 km
- Hyderabad1013 km
- Delhi1055 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationTorang7 km
- Hospital / PHCSilli Nursing Home14 km
- ATM / bankBank of India36 km
- Petrol pumpKamdhenu Fuelx37 km
- CollegeSidho-Kanho-Birsha University44 km
- Police stationRajrappa Police Station45 km
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- BhitiaGobindpur mandal3,575 pop
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-07
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
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