Putur is a village in Sagma mandal, Garhwa district, Jharkhand, with a population of 3,166 across 625 households. It has a literacy rate of 52.3% and is located at coordinates 24.222°N, 83.437°E.
By population, Putur ranks #5 of 17 villages in Sagma mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Putur is a village of 3,166 people in 625 households (Census 2011) in Sagma block, Garhwa district, Jharkhand, the 5th-largest of 17 villages in Sagma block. Literacy is 52%, 4 points above the block average of 48% and the sex ratio is 915 women per 1,000 men. It lies 182 km from the Garhwa district centre, 23 km from Arsali, the nearest town, 6 km from Wyndhamganj railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 822121, served by Nagar Utari post office; the LGD village code is 347551. The nearest hospital or health centre is Gulab Hospital, 8 km away. The sarpanch is SMT ANITA DEVI, and the village votes in Manika assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ramchandra Singh. The population is estimated at 3,733 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Sondiha →
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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