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Six drown in river during immersion of tree branch worshipped in Jharkhand's tribal festival Karam
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
BALIKA MURMU
Contact: 74****3948
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- LGD code
- 362059
- Pincode
- 828205
- Post office
- Nirsa Chatti
- Population
- 1,125
- Households
- 187
- Literacy rate
- 48.5%
- Sex ratio
- 1013 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 517
- Distance to district centre
- 43 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 3 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 211 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 204 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kurwa · 20 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Community Health Centre, Masalia · 10 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Bhursa compares
By population, Bhursa ranks #39 of 122 villages in Nirsa-Cum-Chirkunda mandal.
Literacy rate
%
48.5%
−7.9% vs mandal average
- Bhursa
- 48.5%
- Nirsa-Cum-Chirkunda mandal
- 56.4%
- Dhanbad district
- 64.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,013
+69 vs mandal average
- Bhursa
- 1,013
- Nirsa-Cum-Chirkunda mandal
- 944
Household size
people per home
6.0
+0.7 vs mandal average
- Bhursa
- 6.0
- Nirsa-Cum-Chirkunda mandal
- 5.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bhursa at a glance
Bhursa is a village of 1,125 people in 187 households (Census 2011) in Nirsa-Cum-Chirkunda block, Dhanbad district, Jharkhand, the 39th-largest of 122 villages in Nirsa-Cum-Chirkunda block. Literacy is 49%, 8 points below the block average of 56% and the sex ratio is 1,013 women per 1,000 men. It lies 43 km from the Dhanbad district centre, 23 km from Pratappur, the nearest town, 20 km from Kurwa railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 828205, served by Nirsa Chatti post office; the LGD village code is 362059. The nearest hospital or health centre is Community Health Centre, Masalia, 10 km away. The sarpanch is BALIKA MURMU, and the village votes in Dumka assembly constituency, represented by MLA Basant Soren. The population is estimated at 1,326 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bhursa
- 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
- CHIRKUNDA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 15
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 37
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 15
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- SONBAD
- Total area (ha)
- 152
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bhursa
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bhursa
- LGD code
- 362059
- Pincode
- 828205
- Post office
- Nirsa Chatti
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,125
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,326
- Households
- 187
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1013
- Literacy rate
- 48.5%
- Coordinates
- 24.07413°N, 87.22243°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Dumka
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dumka
- Member of Parliament
- Nalin Soren
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Basant Soren
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- BALIKA MURMU
- Block / Mandal
- Nirsa-Cum-Chirkunda
Getting there
How to reach Bhursa
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi211 kmcapital
- Kolkata204 km
- Delhi1118 km
- Hyderabad1173 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKurwa20 km
- Bus stopold bus stand21 km
- Hospital / PHCCommunity Health Centre, Masalia10 km
- ATM / bankSBI Main Branch21 km
- Petrol pumpTibriwala Petrol Pump36 km
- CollegeDeshbandhu Mahavidyalaya42 km
- Police stationUkhra Out Post48 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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