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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SONI DEVI
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- LGD code
- 347219
- Pincode
- 822120
- Post office
- Mohammad Ganj
- Population
- 616
- Households
- 114
- Literacy rate
- 69.2%
- Sex ratio
- 817 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 239
Census 2011 · in context
How Checharia Khurd compares
By population, Checharia Khurd ranks #57 of 101 villages in Kandi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
69.2%
+14.2% vs mandal average
Checharia Khurd69.2%
Kandi mandal55.0%
Garhwa district49.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
817
−97 vs mandal average
Checharia Khurd817
Kandi mandal914
Household size
people per home
5.4
−0.1 vs mandal average
Checharia Khurd5.4
Kandi mandal5.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Checharia Khurd at a glance
Checharia Khurd is a village of 616 people in 114 households (Census 2011) in Kandi block, Garhwa district, Jharkhand, the 57th-largest of 101 villages in Kandi block. Literacy is 69%, 14 points above the block average of 55% and the sex ratio is 817 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 822120, served by Mohammad Ganj post office; the LGD village code is 347219. The sarpanch is SONI DEVI, and the village votes in Simaria assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kumar Ujjwal. The population is estimated at 726 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Checharia Khurd
- 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)
- 15
- Power hours (winter)
- 13
- 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
- MAJHIAON
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 15
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 38
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 15
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- SHIVPUR
- Total area (ha)
- 63.84
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 19.57
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Checharia Khurd
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Checharia Khurd
- LGD code
- 347219
- Pincode
- 822120
- Post office
- Mohammad Ganj
- Population (Census 2011)
- 616
- Population (projected 2026)
- 726
- Households
- 114
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 817
- Literacy rate
- 69.2%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Chatra
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Simaria
- Member of Parliament
- Kalicharan Singh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kumar Ujjwal
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SONI DEVI
- Block / Mandal
- Kandi
- Nearest railway station
- Shivpur (21.9 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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