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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Bhitia is a village in Gobindpur mandal, Dhanbad district, Jharkhand. It has a population of 3,575 across 540 households, with a literacy rate of 57.2%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
REKHA DEVI
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- LGD code
- 361746
- Pincode
- 828109
- Post office
- Govindpur (Dhanbad)
- Population
- 3,575
- Households
- 540
- Literacy rate
- 57.2%
- Sex ratio
- 935 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,732
- Distance to district centre
- 105 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 101 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 227 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 309 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kakwara Halt · 16 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Bharko · 15 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Bhitia compares
By population, Bhitia ranks #6 of 220 villages in Gobindpur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
57.2%
+0.6% vs mandal average
- Bhitia
- 57.2%
- Gobindpur mandal
- 56.6%
- Dhanbad district
- 64.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
935
+2 vs mandal average
- Bhitia
- 935
- Gobindpur mandal
- 933
Household size
people per home
6.6
+1.1 vs mandal average
- Bhitia
- 6.6
- Gobindpur mandal
- 5.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bhitia at a glance
Bhitia is a village of 3,575 people in 540 households (Census 2011) in Gobindpur block, Dhanbad district, Jharkhand, the 6th-largest of 220 villages in Gobindpur block. Literacy is 57%, about the same as the block average of 57% and the sex ratio is 935 women per 1,000 men. It lies 105 km from the Dhanbad district centre, 44 km from Parbatta, the nearest town, 16 km from Kakwara Halt railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 828109, served by Govindpur (Dhanbad) post office; the LGD village code is 361746. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Bharko, 15 km away. The sarpanch is REKHA DEVI, and the village votes in Jamtara assembly constituency, represented by MLA Irfan Ansari. The population is estimated at 4,215 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bhitia
- 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
- Yes
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- Yes
- ATM
- Yes
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- Yes
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- DHANBAD
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 10
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 10
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 6
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BHITIYA
- Total area (ha)
- 209
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0.15
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bhitia
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bhitia
- LGD code
- 361746
- Pincode
- 828109
- Post office
- Govindpur (Dhanbad)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 3,575
- Population (projected 2026)
- 4,215
- Households
- 540
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 935
- Literacy rate
- 57.2%
- Coordinates
- 24.91667°N, 86.73333°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Dumka
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Jamtara
- Member of Parliament
- Nalin Soren
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Irfan Ansari
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- REKHA DEVI
- Block / Mandal
- Gobindpur
Getting there
How to reach Bhitia
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi227 kmcapital
- Kolkata309 km
- Delhi1031 km
- Hyderabad1196 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKakwara Halt16 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Bharko15 km
- ATM / banktilkamanjhi38 km
- CollegeMarwari college43 km
- Police stationBabarganj Police Station42 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
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