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Swarm Attacks Claim 4 Lives In A Month In Jharkhand's Giridih Village; Wasp Species Yet To Be Confirmed
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
KUSHUM DEVI
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- LGD code
- 352399
- Pincode
- 825324
- Post office
- Palounjia
- Population
- 1,194
- Households
- 163
- Literacy rate
- 49.7%
- Sex ratio
- 974 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 517
- Distance to district centre
- 155 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 150 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 40 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 291 km
- Nearest railway station
- Gautamdhara · 30 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Bundu Municipal Hospital · 8 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Chirudih compares
By population, Chirudih ranks #53 of 181 villages in Birni mandal.
Literacy rate
%
49.7%
+0.3% vs mandal average
- Chirudih
- 49.7%
- Birni mandal
- 49.4%
- Giridih district
- 51.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
974
+1 vs mandal average
- Chirudih
- 974
- Birni mandal
- 973
Household size
people per home
7.3
+1.0 vs mandal average
- Chirudih
- 7.3
- Birni mandal
- 6.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chirudih at a glance
Chirudih is a village of 1,194 people in 163 households (Census 2011) in Birni block, Giridih district, Jharkhand, the 53rd-largest of 181 villages in Birni block. Literacy is 50%, about the same as the block average of 49% and the sex ratio is 974 women per 1,000 men. It lies 155 km from the Giridih district centre, 8 km from Tamar, the nearest town, 30 km from Gautamdhara railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 825324, served by Palounjia post office; the LGD village code is 352399. The nearest hospital or health centre is Bundu Municipal Hospital, 8 km away. The sarpanch is KUSHUM DEVI, and the village votes in Gandey assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kalpana Murmu Soren.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Chirudih
- 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
- 1
- 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
- GIRIDIH
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 35
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 35
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 24
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BALGO
- Total area (ha)
- 188
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Chirudih
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Chirudih
- LGD code
- 352399
- Pincode
- 825324
- Post office
- Palounjia
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,194
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,211
- Households
- 163
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 974
- Literacy rate
- 49.7%
- Coordinates
- 23.08663°N, 85.57976°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kodarma
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Gandey
- Member of Parliament
- Annpurna Devi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kalpana Murmu Soren
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- KUSHUM DEVI
- Block / Mandal
- Birni
Getting there
How to reach Chirudih
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi40 kmcapital
- Kolkata291 km
- Hyderabad974 km
- Delhi1038 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationGautamdhara30 km
- Hospital / PHCBundu Municipal Hospital8 km
- ATM / bankSBI & ATM31 km
- Petrol pumpJio BP Petroleum27 km
- CollegeKIM ground30 km
- Police stationPolice Station Kharsidag29 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
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