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Jharkhand Minister inaugurates cafe, dedicating it to "symbol of hard work, skills, self-reliance of rural women"
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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
ASHA MURMU
Contact: 95****9712
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- LGD code
- 361014
- Pincode
- 828142
- Population
- 652
- Households
- 130
- Literacy rate
- 39.3%
- Sex ratio
- 952 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 345
Census 2011 · in context
How Charak Kala compares
By population, Charak Kala ranks #53 of 211 villages in Tundi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
39.3%
−9.6% vs mandal average
- Charak Kala
- 39.3%
- Tundi mandal
- 48.9%
- Dhanbad district
- 64.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
952
−3 vs mandal average
- Charak Kala
- 952
- Tundi mandal
- 955
Household size
people per home
5.0
−0.4 vs mandal average
- Charak Kala
- 5.0
- Tundi mandal
- 5.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Charak Kala at a glance
Charak Kala is a village of 652 people in 130 households (Census 2011) in Tundi block, Dhanbad district, Jharkhand, the 53rd-largest of 211 villages in Tundi block. Literacy is 39%, 10 points below the block average of 49% and the sex ratio is 952 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 828142; the LGD village code is 361014. The sarpanch is ASHA MURMU, and the village votes in Sarath assembly constituency, represented by MLA Uday Shankar Singh. The population is estimated at 769 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Jatakhuti →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charak Kala · this village | 652 | 39% | — |
| Jatakhuti · Tundi | 1,434 | 43% | — |
| Charak Khurd · Tundi | 781 | 48% | — |
| Guliyadih · Tundi | 592 | 34% | — |
| Dalugura · Tundi | 579 | 46% | — |
| Santhaldih · Tundi | 573 | 30% | — |
| Kenduatand · Tundi | 444 | 46% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Charak Kala
- 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)
- 11
- 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
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- DHANBAD
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 25
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 45
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 10
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- JATAKHUTI
- Total area (ha)
- 242
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 42.64
- Forest area (ha)
- 44.12
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Charak Kala
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Charak Kala
- LGD code
- 361014
- Pincode
- 828142
- Population (Census 2011)
- 652
- Population (projected 2026)
- 769
- Households
- 130
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 952
- Literacy rate
- 39.3%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Dumka
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sarath
- Member of Parliament
- Nalin Soren
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Uday Shankar Singh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- ASHA MURMU
- Block / Mandal
- Tundi
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 828142
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Charak Kala
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
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)