Badla Chak is a small village in Meherma mandal, Godda district, Jharkhand, with a population of 182 and 42 households. The village has a literacy rate of 33.5%.
By population, Badla Chak ranks #113 of 212 villages in Meherma mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Badla Chak is a village of 182 people in 42 households (Census 2011) in Meherma block, Godda district, Jharkhand, the 113th-largest of 212 villages in Meherma block. Literacy is 34%, 12 points below the block average of 45% and the sex ratio is 1,141 women per 1,000 men. It lies 68 km from the Godda district centre, 12 km from Karma, the nearest town, 13 km from Lakshmipur Bhorang railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 814160, served by Meharma post office; the LGD village code is 355667. The nearest hospital or health centre is Primary Health Centre, Kasba, 3 km away. The sarpanch is MRITUNJAY SINGH, and the village votes in Litipara assembly constituency, represented by MLA Hemlal Murmu. The population is estimated at 215 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Surani →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Badla Chak · this village | 182 | 34% | — |
| Doman Chak · Meherma | 0 | — | 1.5 km E |
| Sauri Chak · Meherma | 1,555 | 36% | 1.7 km SE |
| Champa · Sundarpahari | 99 | 0% | 1.6 km NE |
| Champa · Litipara | 102 | 10% | 1.6 km NE |
| Champa · Mahuadanr | 1,547 | 54% | 1.6 km NE |
| Champa · Chhatarpur | 0 | — | 1.6 km NE |
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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