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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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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
ABHAY KUMAR ROY
Contact: 99****7192
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- LGD code
- 352345
- Pincode
- 825324
- Post office
- Palounjia
- Population
- 1,409
- Households
- 243
- Literacy rate
- 43.5%
- Sex ratio
- 1109 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 586
Census 2011 · in context
How Margora compares
By population, Margora ranks #40 of 181 villages in Birni mandal.
Literacy rate
%
43.5%
−5.9% vs mandal average
- Margora
- 43.5%
- Birni mandal
- 49.4%
- Giridih district
- 51.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,109
+136 vs mandal average
- Margora
- 1,109
- Birni mandal
- 973
Household size
people per home
5.8
−0.5 vs mandal average
- Margora
- 5.8
- Birni mandal
- 6.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Margora at a glance
Margora is a village of 1,409 people in 243 households (Census 2011) in Birni block, Giridih district, Jharkhand, the 40th-largest of 181 villages in Birni block. Literacy is 44%, 6 points below the block average of 49% and the sex ratio is 1,109 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 825324, served by Palounjia post office; the LGD village code is 352345. The sarpanch is ABHAY KUMAR ROY, and the village votes in Gandey assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kalpana Murmu Soren. The population is estimated at 1,661 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Margora
- 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
- No
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- GIRIDIH
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 40
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 40
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 12
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KHARKHARI
- Total area (ha)
- 355.95
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 2.85
- Forest area (ha)
- 65.11
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Margora
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Margora
- LGD code
- 352345
- Pincode
- 825324
- Post office
- Palounjia
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,409
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,661
- Households
- 243
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1109
- Literacy rate
- 43.5%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kodarma
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Gandey
- Member of Parliament
- Annpurna Devi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kalpana Murmu Soren
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- ABHAY KUMAR ROY
- Block / Mandal
- Birni
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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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