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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
Nawadih is a village in Jamua mandal, Giridih district, Jharkhand. It has a population of 3,726 across 542 households with a literacy rate of 46.5%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Vikash kumar
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- LGD code
- 351286
- Pincode
- 815318
- Post office
- Jamua (Giridh)
- Population
- 3,726
- Households
- 542
- Literacy rate
- 46.5%
- Sex ratio
- 978 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,000
- Distance to district centre
- 58 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 54 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 94 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 277 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bholldih · 9 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Nawadih Hospital · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Nawadih compares
By population, Nawadih ranks #7 of 308 villages in Jamua mandal.
Literacy rate
%
46.5%
−5.2% vs mandal average
Nawadih46.5%
Jamua mandal51.7%
Giridih district51.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
978
+36 vs mandal average
Nawadih978
Jamua mandal942
Household size
people per home
6.9
+0.3 vs mandal average
Nawadih6.9
Jamua mandal6.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Nawadih at a glance
Nawadih is a village of 3,726 people in 542 households (Census 2011) in Jamua block, Giridih district, Jharkhand, the 7th-largest of 308 villages in Jamua block. Literacy is 47%, 5 points below the block average of 52% and the sex ratio is 978 women per 1,000 men. It lies 58 km from the Giridih district centre, 20 km from Kharki, the nearest town, 9 km from Bholldih railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 815318, served by Jamua (Giridh) post office; the LGD village code is 351286. The nearest hospital or health centre is Nawadih Hospital, 3 km away. The sarpanch is Vikash kumar, and the village votes in Gandey assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kalpana Murmu Soren. The population is estimated at 4,393 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Nawadih
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- 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
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- GIRIDIH
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 36
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 28
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- JARIDIH
- Total area (ha)
- 519
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 8.51
- Forest area (ha)
- 104.23
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Nawadih
- LGD code
- 351286
- Pincode
- 815318
- Post office
- Jamua (Giridh)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 3,726
- Population (projected 2026)
- 4,393
- Households
- 542
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 978
- Literacy rate
- 46.5%
- Coordinates
- 23.85889°N, 86.04472°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kodarma
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Gandey
- Member of Parliament
- Annpurna Devi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kalpana Murmu Soren
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Vikash kumar
- Block / Mandal
- Jamua
Getting there
How to reach Nawadih
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi94 kmcapital
- Kolkata277 km
- Delhi1027 km
- Hyderabad1066 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBholldih9 km
- Hospital / PHCNawadih Hospital3 km
- ATM / bankBank of India23 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil19 km
- CollegeSSLNT College40 km
- Police stationBarora Police Station20 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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