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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Kusumdih is a small village in Saraiyahat mandal, Dumka district, Jharkhand, with a population of 50 across 12 households, a literacy rate of 60%, and a hospital.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
RANJU DEVI
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- LGD code
- 369374
- Pincode
- 814145
- Post office
- Nonihat
- Population
- 50
- Households
- 12
- Literacy rate
- 60%
- Sex ratio
- 786 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 16
- Distance to district centre
- 131 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 131 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 79 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 292 km
- Nearest railway station
- Gumia · 5 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Horo Hospital · 4 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kusumdih compares
By population, Kusumdih ranks #278 of 352 villages in Saraiyahat mandal.
Literacy rate
%
60.0%
+11.6% vs mandal average
Kusumdih60.0%
Saraiyahat mandal48.4%
Dumka district50.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
786
−155 vs mandal average
Kusumdih786
Saraiyahat mandal941
Household size
people per home
4.2
−0.8 vs mandal average
Kusumdih4.2
Saraiyahat mandal5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kusumdih at a glance
Kusumdih is a village of 50 people in 12 households (Census 2011) in Saraiyahat block, Dumka district, Jharkhand, the 278th-largest of 352 villages in Saraiyahat block. Literacy is 60%, 12 points above the block average of 48% and the sex ratio is 786 women per 1,000 men. It lies 131 km from the Dumka district centre, 27 km from Jarmune, the nearest town, 5 km from Gumia railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 814145, served by Nonihat post office; the LGD village code is 369374. The nearest hospital or health centre is Horo Hospital, 4 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 59 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kusumdih
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- 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
- DEOGHAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 37
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 35
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0.87
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kusumdih
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Key facts — Kusumdih
- LGD code
- 369374
- Pincode
- 814145
- Post office
- Nonihat
- Population (Census 2011)
- 50
- Population (projected 2026)
- 59
- Households
- 12
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 786
- Literacy rate
- 60.0%
- Coordinates
- 23.83559°N, 85.86271°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 Kusumdih
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi79 kmcapital
- Kolkata292 km
- Delhi1013 km
- Hyderabad1050 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationGumia5 km
- Hospital / PHCHoro Hospital4 km
- ATM / bankBank of India5 km
- Petrol pumpEssar Petrol Pump34 km
- CollegeVINOBA BHAVE UNIVERCITY54 km
- Police stationRajrappa Police Station33 km
Nearest to the village
- Health centre
- CCL Hospital, Sawang4.5 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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