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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SANOTI HANSDA
Contact: 99****9250
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- LGD code
- 372042
- Pincode
- 814119
- Post office
- Kurwa
- Population
- 145
- Households
- 34
- Literacy rate
- 36.6%
- Sex ratio
- 933 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 105
Census 2011 · in context
How Bhangahir compares
By population, Bhangahir ranks #249 of 317 villages in Masalia mandal.
Literacy rate
%
36.6%
−15.1% vs mandal average
Bhangahir36.6%
Masalia mandal51.7%
Dumka district50.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
933
−49 vs mandal average
Bhangahir933
Masalia mandal982
Household size
people per home
4.3
−0.3 vs mandal average
Bhangahir4.3
Masalia mandal4.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bhangahir at a glance
Bhangahir is a village of 145 people in 34 households (Census 2011) in Masalia block, Dumka district, Jharkhand, the 249th-largest of 317 villages in Masalia block. Literacy is 37%, 15 points below the block average of 52% and the sex ratio is 933 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 814119, served by Kurwa post office; the LGD village code is 372042. The sarpanch is SANOTI HANSDA, and the village votes in Dumka assembly constituency, represented by MLA Basant Soren. The population is estimated at 171 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bhangahir
- 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)
- 3
- Power hours (winter)
- 3
- Primary school
- 0
- 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
- DUMKA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 42
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 42
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 19
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- SAPCHALA
- Total area (ha)
- 83.85
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 12.2
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bhangahir
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bhangahir
- LGD code
- 372042
- Pincode
- 814119
- Post office
- Kurwa
- Population (Census 2011)
- 145
- Population (projected 2026)
- 171
- Households
- 34
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 933
- Literacy rate
- 36.6%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Dumka
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dumka
- Member of Parliament
- Nalin Soren
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Basant Soren
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SANOTI HANSDA
- Block / Mandal
- Masalia
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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
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