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Jharkhand Minister inaugurates cafe, dedicating it to "symbol of hard work, skills, self-reliance of rural women"
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
MARANGMAY TUDU
Contact: 72****5767
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- LGD code
- 356306
- Pincode
- 814155
- Post office
- Basantrai
- Population
- 922
- Households
- 174
- Literacy rate
- 47.2%
- Sex ratio
- 1044 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 348
- Distance to district centre
- 53 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 38 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 280 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 293 km
- Nearest railway station
- Ekchari · 25 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Arya Nursing Home · 2 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Chhota Simra compares
By population, Chhota Simra ranks #45 of 415 villages in Boarijor mandal.
Literacy rate
%
47.2%
+9.8% vs mandal average
- Chhota Simra
- 47.2%
- Boarijor mandal
- 37.4%
- Godda district
- 46.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,044
+71 vs mandal average
- Chhota Simra
- 1,044
- Boarijor mandal
- 973
Household size
people per home
5.3
+0.5 vs mandal average
- Chhota Simra
- 5.3
- Boarijor mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chhota Simra at a glance
Chhota Simra is a village of 922 people in 174 households (Census 2011) in Boarijor block, Godda district, Jharkhand, the 45th-largest of 415 villages in Boarijor block. Literacy is 47%, 10 points above the block average of 37% and the sex ratio is 1,044 women per 1,000 men. It lies 53 km from the Godda district centre, 19 km from Karma, the nearest town, 25 km from Ekchari railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 814155, served by Basantrai post office; the LGD village code is 356306. The nearest hospital or health centre is Arya Nursing Home, 2 km away. The sarpanch is MARANGMAY TUDU, and the village votes in Poreyahat assembly constituency, represented by MLA Pradeep Yadav. The population is estimated at 1,087 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Chhota Simra
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 11
- 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
- GODDA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 30
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 30
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 20
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KENDUA
- Total area (ha)
- 109
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 2.79
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Chhota Simra
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Chhota Simra
- LGD code
- 356306
- Pincode
- 814155
- Post office
- Basantrai
- Population (Census 2011)
- 922
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,087
- Households
- 174
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1044
- Literacy rate
- 47.2%
- Coordinates
- 25.03782°N, 87.34620°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Godda
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Poreyahat
- Member of Parliament
- Nishikant Dubey
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Pradeep Yadav
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- MARANGMAY TUDU
- Block / Mandal
- Boarijor
- Nearest railway station
- Punsia (35.8 km)
Getting there
How to reach Chhota Simra
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi280 kmcapital
- Kolkata293 km
- Delhi1081 km
- Hyderabad1251 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationEkchari25 km
- Hospital / PHCArya Nursing Home2 km
- CollegeBCE Bhagalpur39 km
- Police stationBabarganj Police Station42 km
Same pincode
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- Jirli
- Babupur
- Dahua
- Bara Siripur
- Goradih
- Kendua
- Kero
- Meghi
- Dumriya
- Rajabhita
- Itahari
- Bara Dumarhir
- Siripur Bazar
- Lalmatia
- Dhamni
- Liti
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- Harrakha
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)