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Jharkhand Minister inaugurates cafe, dedicating it to "symbol of hard work, skills, self-reliance of rural women"
Reported by ANI News.
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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
ARJOO TABUSUM
Contact: 82****8160
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- LGD code
- 355688
- Pincode
- 814160
- Post office
- Meharma
- Population
- 1,025
- Households
- 203
- Literacy rate
- 33.4%
- Sex ratio
- 844 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 460
Census 2011 · in context
How Tarkharwa compares
By population, Tarkharwa ranks #56 of 212 villages in Meherma mandal.
Literacy rate
%
33.4%
−11.6% vs mandal average
- Tarkharwa
- 33.4%
- Meherma mandal
- 45.0%
- Godda district
- 46.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
844
−67 vs mandal average
- Tarkharwa
- 844
- Meherma mandal
- 911
Household size
people per home
5.0
−0.3 vs mandal average
- Tarkharwa
- 5.0
- Meherma mandal
- 5.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Tarkharwa at a glance
Tarkharwa is a village of 1,025 people in 203 households (Census 2011) in Meherma block, Godda district, Jharkhand, the 56th-largest of 212 villages in Meherma block. Literacy is 33%, 12 points below the block average of 45% and the sex ratio is 844 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 814160, served by Meharma post office; the LGD village code is 355688. The sarpanch is ARJOO TABUSUM, and the village votes in Litipara assembly constituency, represented by MLA Hemlal Murmu. The population is estimated at 1,208 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Sukhari →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tarkharwa · this village | 1,025 | 33% | — |
| Sukhari · Meherma | 2,765 | 40% | — |
| Fazilkhutahar · Meherma | 1,030 | 35% | — |
| Sobhapur · Meherma | 998 | 59% | — |
| Meghchatar · Meherma | 155 | 36% | — |
| Bagat Khutahari · Meherma | 122 | 11% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Tarkharwa
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 1
- Power hours (winter)
- 1
- 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
- SAHIBGANJ
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 32
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 32
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- SUKHARI
- Total area (ha)
- 139
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 22.68
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Tarkharwa
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Tarkharwa
- LGD code
- 355688
- Pincode
- 814160
- Post office
- Meharma
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,025
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,208
- Households
- 203
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 844
- Literacy rate
- 33.4%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Rajmahal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Litipara
- Member of Parliament
- Vijay Hansda
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Hemlal Murmu
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- ARJOO TABUSUM
- Block / Mandal
- Meherma
- Nearest railway station
- Panjwara Road (56.4 km)
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 814160
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Tarkharwa
Other villages in Meherma mandal
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- Doi
- Madhura
- Lakramara
- Belbadda
- Amjora Firozganj
- Chhota And Bara Mangarh
- Itahari
- Sukhari
- Sankarpur
- Dhankuria
- Borma
- Pati Chak
- Mehrma
- Kamardiha
- Budhason
- Amor
- Rajan
- Partappur Mal
- Kumardom
- Rasti Kar
- Barari
- Dhodha
- Siwanpur
- Chaura
- Tularam Bhuska
- Champa
- Khiraundhi
- Mania Chak
- Benidas Bhuska
- Sauri Chak
- Kharthi
- Marpa
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)