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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
Savita Devi
Contact: 94****3701
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- LGD code
- 361202
- Pincode
- 828142
- Population
- 408
- Households
- 75
- Literacy rate
- 53.7%
- Sex ratio
- 915 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 102
Census 2011 · in context
How Banshjoria compares
By population, Banshjoria ranks #94 of 211 villages in Tundi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
53.7%
+4.8% vs mandal average
- Banshjoria
- 53.7%
- Tundi mandal
- 48.9%
- Dhanbad district
- 64.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
915
−40 vs mandal average
- Banshjoria
- 915
- Tundi mandal
- 955
Household size
people per home
5.4
Same as the mandal average
- Banshjoria
- 5.4
- Tundi mandal
- 5.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Banshjoria at a glance
Banshjoria is a village of 408 people in 75 households (Census 2011) in Tundi block, Dhanbad district, Jharkhand, the 94th-largest of 211 villages in Tundi block. Literacy is 54%, 5 points above the block average of 49% and the sex ratio is 915 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 828142; the LGD village code is 361202. The sarpanch is Savita Devi, and the village votes in Sarath assembly constituency, represented by MLA Uday Shankar Singh. The population is estimated at 481 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Lachuraydih →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banshjoria · this village | 408 | 54% | — |
| Lachhuaraidih · Tundi | 1,865 | 53% | — |
| Behera · Tundi | 1,294 | 61% | — |
| Kotaldih · Tundi | 909 | 55% | — |
| Lakhanpur · Tundi | 586 | 21% | — |
| Maharajganj · Tundi | 483 | 60% | — |
| Kanhaidih · Tundi | 441 | 57% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Banshjoria
- 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)
- 4
- Power hours (winter)
- 6
- 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
- No
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- DHANBAD
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 22
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 22
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 13
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- MAHATADI
- Total area (ha)
- 36.83
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 2.64
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Banshjoria
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Banshjoria
- LGD code
- 361202
- Pincode
- 828142
- Population (Census 2011)
- 408
- Population (projected 2026)
- 481
- Households
- 75
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 915
- Literacy rate
- 53.7%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Dumka
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sarath
- Member of Parliament
- Nalin Soren
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Uday Shankar Singh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Savita Devi
- Block / Mandal
- Tundi
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 828142
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Banshjoria
Other villages in Tundi mandal
View all 60+ →- Tundi
- Kadyan
- Rajabhita
- Lachhuaraidih
- Kamardih
- Katnia
- Purnadih
- Shitalpur
- Maniyadih
- Kolhar
- Sarra
- Fatepur
- Majhlitanr
- Jatakhuti
- Behera
- Nawatanr
- Natwari
- Hirapur
- Gosaindih Alias Nawatand
- Machhiyara
- Gaditundi
- Lukia
- Karmatanr
- Duadatand
- Uparbhojudih
- Karma Tanr
- Barwataand
- Nayadih
- Sangramdih
- Jitpur
- Bengnaria
- Kotaldih
- Parbatpur
- Parsatanr
- Ratanpur
- Nawada
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)