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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SHILWANTI SOREN
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- LGD code
- 370872
- Pincode
- 816118
- Post office
- Shikaripara
- Population
- 247
- Households
- 50
- Literacy rate
- 59.1%
- Sex ratio
- 960 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 143
- Distance to district centre
- 100 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 90 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 296 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 297 km
- Nearest railway station
- Mirza Cheuki Railway Station · 16 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Hari Devi Referral Hospital · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Sirsa compares
By population, Sirsa ranks #167 of 261 villages in Shikaripara mandal.
Literacy rate
%
59.1%
+12.0% vs mandal average
Sirsa59.1%
Shikaripara mandal47.1%
Dumka district50.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
960
−40 vs mandal average
Sirsa960
Shikaripara mandal1,000
Household size
people per home
4.9
+0.1 vs mandal average
Sirsa4.9
Shikaripara mandal4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sirsa at a glance
Sirsa is a village of 247 people in 50 households (Census 2011) in Shikaripara block, Dumka district, Jharkhand, the 167th-largest of 261 villages in Shikaripara block. Literacy is 59%, 12 points above the block average of 47% and the sex ratio is 960 women per 1,000 men. It lies 100 km from the Dumka district centre, 4 km from Karma, the nearest town, 16 km from Mirza Cheuki Railway Station railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 816118, served by Shikaripara post office; the LGD village code is 370872. The nearest hospital or health centre is Hari Devi Referral Hospital, 3 km away. The sarpanch is SHILWANTI SOREN, and the village votes in Dumka assembly constituency, represented by MLA Basant Soren. The population is estimated at 291 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Sirsa
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- 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
- 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)
- 25
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 25
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 3
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- SHIVTALA
- Total area (ha)
- 84.06
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 18.9
- Forest area (ha)
- 5.04
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Sirsa
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Key facts — Sirsa
- LGD code
- 370872
- Pincode
- 816118
- Post office
- Shikaripara
- Population (Census 2011)
- 247
- Population (projected 2026)
- 291
- Households
- 50
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 960
- Literacy rate
- 59.1%
- Coordinates
- 25.11837°N, 87.48525°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Dumka
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dumka
- Member of Parliament
- Nalin Soren
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Basant Soren
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SHILWANTI SOREN
- Block / Mandal
- Shikaripara
- Nearest railway station
- Dumka (94.7 km)
Getting there
How to reach Sirsa
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi296 kmcapital
- Kolkata297 km
- Delhi1090 km
- Hyderabad1268 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationMirza Cheuki Railway Station16 km
- Hospital / PHCHari Devi Referral Hospital3 km
- CollegeAmbedkar Institute of Health Line47 km
- Police stationNaka No 2(Police Station)46 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
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