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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Khandari is a village in Gobindpur mandal, Dhanbad district, Jharkhand, with 589 residents in 107 households. The literacy rate stands at 50.4%, and the village is situated at coordinates 23.447°N, 87.533°E with PIN 828109.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
HUBLAL PRASAD SAW
Contact: 82****4770
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- LGD code
- 361671
- Pincode
- 828109
- Post office
- Govindpur (Dhanbad)
- Population
- 589
- Households
- 107
- Literacy rate
- 50.4%
- Sex ratio
- 983 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 247
- Distance to district centre
- 94 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 97 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 227 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 129 km
- Nearest railway station
- Mankar · 4 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Mankar Rural Hospital · 2 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Khandari compares
By population, Khandari ranks #127 of 220 villages in Gobindpur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
50.4%
−6.2% vs mandal average
- Khandari
- 50.4%
- Gobindpur mandal
- 56.6%
- Dhanbad district
- 64.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
983
+50 vs mandal average
- Khandari
- 983
- Gobindpur mandal
- 933
Household size
people per home
5.5
Same as the mandal average
- Khandari
- 5.5
- Gobindpur mandal
- 5.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Khandari at a glance
Khandari is a village of 589 people in 107 households (Census 2011) in Gobindpur block, Dhanbad district, Jharkhand, the 127th-largest of 220 villages in Gobindpur block. Literacy is 50%, 6 points below the block average of 57% and the sex ratio is 983 women per 1,000 men. It lies 94 km from the Dhanbad district centre, 3 km from Mankar, the nearest town, 4 km from Mankar railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 828109, served by Govindpur (Dhanbad) post office; the LGD village code is 361671. The nearest hospital or health centre is Mankar Rural Hospital, 2 km away. The sarpanch is HUBLAL PRASAD SAW, and the village votes in Jamtara assembly constituency, represented by MLA Irfan Ansari. The population is estimated at 2,522 in 2026, up 328% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Khandari
- 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)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 10
- Primary school
- 1
- 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
- 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
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- DHANBAD
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 20
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 20
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 16
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- ASANBANI 1
- Total area (ha)
- 136
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0.49
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Khandari
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Khandari
- LGD code
- 361671
- Pincode
- 828109
- Post office
- Govindpur (Dhanbad)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 589
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,522
- Households
- 107
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 983
- Literacy rate
- 50.4%
- Coordinates
- 23.44667°N, 87.53317°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Dumka
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Jamtara
- Member of Parliament
- Nalin Soren
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Irfan Ansari
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- HUBLAL PRASAD SAW
- Block / Mandal
- Gobindpur
Getting there
How to reach Khandari
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi227 kmcapital
- Kolkata129 km
- Hyderabad1158 km
- Delhi1180 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationMankar4 km
- Bus stopমুচিপাড়া19 km
- Hospital / PHCMankar Rural Hospital2 km
- ATM / bankCanara Bank20 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil22 km
- CollegeB.C. Roy College of polytecnic21 km
- Police stationGuskara Police station23 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Khandari
8 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Nabaratna temple of Dutta familyTemple1.8 km ↗
- 🛕Pancharatna Dol ManchaTemple2.8 km ↗
- 🛕Deulesvara deulTemple2.9 km ↗
- 🛕Dutta family Pancharatna templeTemple3.0 km ↗
- 🛕Bhattacharyapara Shiva deulTemple3.2 km ↗
- 🛕Anandamoyee temple complexTemple3.8 km ↗
- 🛕Mallickpara Shiva deulTemple3.8 km ↗
- 🛕Lakshmi Janardan temple of Morol familyTemple3.8 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
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)