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By population, Uparbahiar ranks #122 of 320 villages in Jama mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Uparbahiar is a village of 448 people in 94 households (Census 2011) in Jama block, Dumka district, Jharkhand, the 122nd-largest of 320 villages in Jama block. Literacy is 52%, about the same as the block average of 52% and the sex ratio is 965 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 814110, served by Shivpahar post office; the LGD village code is 371626. The sarpanch is MILAN MURMU, and the village votes in Jarmundi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Devendra Kunwar. The population is estimated at 528 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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