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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
BINOD RAJWAR
Contact: 76****8190
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- LGD code
- 361797
- Pincode
- 828109
- Post office
- Govindpur (Dhanbad)
- Population
- 1,636
- Households
- 270
- Literacy rate
- 55.4%
- Sex ratio
- 943 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 511
- Distance to district centre
- 288 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 285 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 208 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 500 km
- Nearest railway station
- Dehri on Sone · 4 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- SDH Dehri · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Bastipur compares
By population, Bastipur ranks #45 of 220 villages in Gobindpur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
55.4%
−1.2% vs mandal average
- Bastipur
- 55.4%
- Gobindpur mandal
- 56.6%
- Dhanbad district
- 64.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
943
+10 vs mandal average
- Bastipur
- 943
- Gobindpur mandal
- 933
Household size
people per home
6.1
+0.6 vs mandal average
- Bastipur
- 6.1
- Gobindpur mandal
- 5.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bastipur at a glance
Bastipur is a village of 1,636 people in 270 households (Census 2011) in Gobindpur block, Dhanbad district, Jharkhand, the 45th-largest of 220 villages in Gobindpur block. Literacy is 55%, 1 points below the block average of 57% and the sex ratio is 943 women per 1,000 men. It lies 288 km from the Dhanbad district centre, 6 km from Khajuri, the nearest town, 4 km from Dehri on Sone railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 828109, served by Govindpur (Dhanbad) post office; the LGD village code is 361797. The nearest hospital or health centre is SDH Dehri, 3 km away. The sarpanch is BINOD RAJWAR, and the village votes in Jamtara assembly constituency, represented by MLA Irfan Ansari. The population is estimated at 1,929 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bastipur
- 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
- 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
- DHANBAD
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 12
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 12
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 4
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- GORHTOPA
- Total area (ha)
- 188
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 2.56
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bastipur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bastipur
- LGD code
- 361797
- Pincode
- 828109
- Post office
- Govindpur (Dhanbad)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,636
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,929
- Households
- 270
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 943
- Literacy rate
- 55.4%
- Coordinates
- 24.89062°N, 84.15867°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Dumka
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Jamtara
- Member of Parliament
- Nalin Soren
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Irfan Ansari
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- BINOD RAJWAR
- Block / Mandal
- Gobindpur
Getting there
How to reach Bastipur
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi208 kmcapital
- Kolkata500 km
- Delhi804 km
- Hyderabad1021 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationDehri on Sone4 km
- Bus stopAurangabad Bus Stand25 km
- Hospital / PHCSDH Dehri3 km
- ATM / bankPunjab National Bank8 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil3 km
- CollegeJawaharlal Nehru College3 km
- Police stationKudra Police Station41 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Bastipur
3 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Bastipur
4 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
Same pincode
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
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