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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
DM
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
DUBAI MURMU
Contact: 91****5404
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- LGD code
- 360992
- Pincode
- 828142
- Population
- 1,509
- Households
- 298
- Literacy rate
- 44.9%
- Sex ratio
- 920 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 485
- Distance to district centre
- 30 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 3 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 193 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 233 km
- Nearest railway station
- Dhanpatdih · 22 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Palajori Hospital · 8 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Sarra compares
By population, Sarra ranks #11 of 211 villages in Tundi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
44.9%
−4.0% vs mandal average
- Sarra
- 44.9%
- Tundi mandal
- 48.9%
- Dhanbad district
- 64.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
920
−35 vs mandal average
- Sarra
- 920
- Tundi mandal
- 955
Household size
people per home
5.1
−0.3 vs mandal average
- Sarra
- 5.1
- Tundi mandal
- 5.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sarra at a glance
Sarra is a village of 1,509 people in 298 households (Census 2011) in Tundi block, Dhanbad district, Jharkhand, the 11th-largest of 211 villages in Tundi block. Literacy is 45%, 4 points below the block average of 49% and the sex ratio is 920 women per 1,000 men. It lies 30 km from the Dhanbad district centre, 52 km from Barra, the nearest town, 22 km from Dhanpatdih railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 828142; the LGD village code is 360992. The nearest hospital or health centre is Palajori Hospital, 8 km away. The sarpanch is DUBAI MURMU, and the village votes in Sarath assembly constituency, represented by MLA Uday Shankar Singh. The population is estimated at 1,779 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Sarra
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- 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)
- 5
- 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
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- DHANBAD
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 30
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 47
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 17
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- FATEHPUR
- Total area (ha)
- 357.8
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 187.57
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Sarra
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Sarra
- LGD code
- 360992
- Pincode
- 828142
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,509
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,779
- Households
- 298
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 920
- Literacy rate
- 44.9%
- Coordinates
- 24.21852°N, 86.94312°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Dumka
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sarath
- Member of Parliament
- Nalin Soren
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Uday Shankar Singh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- DUBAI MURMU
- Block / Mandal
- Tundi
Getting there
How to reach Sarra
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi193 kmcapital
- Kolkata233 km
- Delhi1085 km
- Hyderabad1161 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationDhanpatdih22 km
- Hospital / PHCPalajori Hospital8 km
- ATM / bankSBI Main Branch31 km
- Petrol pumpHP Petrol Pump39 km
- CollegeBajla Mahila College39 km
- Police stationAsansol South Police Station59 km
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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)