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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
MD AKHTAR ANSARI
Contact: 99****4378
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- LGD code
- 361736
- Pincode
- 828109
- Post office
- Govindpur (Dhanbad)
- Population
- 196
- Households
- 34
- Literacy rate
- 42.9%
- Sex ratio
- 1178 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 49
Census 2011 · in context
How Kasitand compares
By population, Kasitand ranks #186 of 220 villages in Gobindpur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
42.9%
−13.7% vs mandal average
- Kasitand
- 42.9%
- Gobindpur mandal
- 56.6%
- Dhanbad district
- 64.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,178
+245 vs mandal average
- Kasitand
- 1,178
- Gobindpur mandal
- 933
Household size
people per home
5.8
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Kasitand
- 5.8
- Gobindpur mandal
- 5.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kasitand at a glance
Kasitand is a village of 196 people in 34 households (Census 2011) in Gobindpur block, Dhanbad district, Jharkhand, the 186th-largest of 220 villages in Gobindpur block. Literacy is 43%, 14 points below the block average of 57% and the sex ratio is 1,178 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 828109, served by Govindpur (Dhanbad) post office; the LGD village code is 361736. The sarpanch is MD AKHTAR ANSARI, and the village votes in Jamtara assembly constituency, represented by MLA Irfan Ansari. The population is estimated at 231 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Panduki →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kasitand · this village | 196 | 43% | — |
| Panduki · Gobindpur | 1,727 | 55% | — |
| Parasbani Alias Gopinathdih · Gobindpur | 589 | 44% | — |
| Birgaon · Gobindpur | 483 | 34% | — |
| Budhawa Sayar · Gobindpur | 319 | 52% | — |
| Pipratanr · Gobindpur | 301 | 37% | — |
| Majhiladih Alias Sujanbandh · Gobindpur | 258 | 43% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kasitand
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 2
- Power hours (winter)
- 2
- 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
- Yes
- 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)
- 12
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 12
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 6.5
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- MITIYA
- Total area (ha)
- 91
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 2.75
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kasitand
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kasitand
- LGD code
- 361736
- Pincode
- 828109
- Post office
- Govindpur (Dhanbad)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 196
- Population (projected 2026)
- 231
- Households
- 34
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1178
- Literacy rate
- 42.9%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Dumka
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Jamtara
- Member of Parliament
- Nalin Soren
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Irfan Ansari
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- MD AKHTAR ANSARI
- Block / Mandal
- Gobindpur
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 828109
- ParasiGobindpur mandal4,186 pop
- MurgabaniGobindpur mandal4,174 pop
- GortopaGobindpur mandal3,944 pop
- BarajamuaGobindpur mandal3,643 pop
- NagarkiariGobindpur mandal3,622 pop
- BhitiaGobindpur mandal3,575 pop
- Barwa EastGobindpur mandal3,510 pop
- BagsumaGobindpur mandal3,449 pop
- Bara PichhriGobindpur mandal3,392 pop
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Kasitand
Other villages in Gobindpur 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)