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Two boys, girl paraded in village for ‘spending night together’ in Jharkhand
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Amghata is a village in Saraiyahat mandal, Dumka district, Jharkhand. With a population of 636 across 112 households, it has a literacy rate of 62.1%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
RANJU DEVI
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- LGD code
- 369360
- Pincode
- 814145
- Post office
- Nonihat
- Population
- 636
- Households
- 112
- Literacy rate
- 62.1%
- Sex ratio
- 822 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 343
- Distance to district centre
- 104 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 100 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 307 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 282 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kalian Chak · 4 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Goverment hospital , Chhota Chitolia · 6 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Amghata compares
By population, Amghata ranks #73 of 352 villages in Saraiyahat mandal.
Literacy rate
%
62.1%
+13.7% vs mandal average
- Amghata
- 62.1%
- Saraiyahat mandal
- 48.4%
- Dumka district
- 50.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
822
−119 vs mandal average
- Amghata
- 822
- Saraiyahat mandal
- 941
Household size
people per home
5.7
+0.7 vs mandal average
- Amghata
- 5.7
- Saraiyahat mandal
- 5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Amghata at a glance
Amghata is a village of 636 people in 112 households (Census 2011) in Saraiyahat block, Dumka district, Jharkhand, the 73rd-largest of 352 villages in Saraiyahat block. Literacy is 62%, 14 points above the block average of 48% and the sex ratio is 822 women per 1,000 men. It lies 104 km from the Dumka district centre, 10 km from Saidpur, the nearest town, 4 km from Kalian Chak railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 814145, served by Nonihat post office; the LGD village code is 369360. The nearest hospital or health centre is Goverment hospital , Chhota Chitolia, 6 km away. The sarpanch is RANJU DEVI, and the village votes in Jarmundi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Devendra Kunwar. The population is estimated at 750 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Amghata
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- 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
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- DEOGHAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 30
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 145
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0.71
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Amghata
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Amghata
- LGD code
- 369360
- Pincode
- 814145
- Post office
- Nonihat
- Population (Census 2011)
- 636
- Population (projected 2026)
- 750
- Households
- 112
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 822
- Literacy rate
- 62.1%
- Coordinates
- 25.03368°N, 87.70090°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Godda
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Jarmundi
- Member of Parliament
- Nishikant Dubey
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Devendra Kunwar
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- RANJU DEVI
- Block / Mandal
- Saraiyahat
Getting there
How to reach Amghata
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi307 kmcapital
- Kolkata282 km
- Delhi1114 km
- Hyderabad1278 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKalian Chak4 km
- Hospital / PHCGoverment hospital , Chhota Chitolia6 km
- CollegeD.N.C. College56 km
- Police stationKaliachak Police Station37 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
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