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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
NILAM DEVI
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- LGD code
- 355850
- Pincode
- 814133
- Post office
- Godda
- Population
- 233
- Households
- 46
- Literacy rate
- 44.2%
- Sex ratio
- 864 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 119
- Distance to district centre
- 69 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 52 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 296 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 303 km
- Nearest railway station
- Ammapali · 12 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Primary Health Centre, Kasba · 4 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Baijani compares
By population, Baijani ranks #99 of 192 villages in Thakurgangti mandal.
Literacy rate
%
44.2%
−1.6% vs mandal average
- Baijani
- 44.2%
- Thakurgangti mandal
- 45.8%
- Godda district
- 46.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
864
−57 vs mandal average
- Baijani
- 864
- Thakurgangti mandal
- 921
Household size
people per home
5.1
Same as the mandal average
- Baijani
- 5.1
- Thakurgangti mandal
- 5.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Baijani at a glance
Baijani is a village of 233 people in 46 households (Census 2011) in Thakurgangti block, Godda district, Jharkhand, the 99th-largest of 192 villages in Thakurgangti block. Literacy is 44%, 2 points below the block average of 46% and the sex ratio is 864 women per 1,000 men. It lies 69 km from the Godda district centre, 5 km from Karma, the nearest town, 12 km from Ammapali railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 814133, served by Godda post office; the LGD village code is 355850. The nearest hospital or health centre is Primary Health Centre, Kasba, 4 km away. The sarpanch is NILAM DEVI, and the village votes in Barhait assembly constituency, represented by MLA Hemant Soren. The population is estimated at 275 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Baijani
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 2
- Power hours (winter)
- 2
- 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
- Yes
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- SAHIBGANJ
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 40
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 70
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 7
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- CHAPRI
- Total area (ha)
- 44.92
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 2.75
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Baijani
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Baijani
- LGD code
- 355850
- Pincode
- 814133
- Post office
- Godda
- Population (Census 2011)
- 233
- Population (projected 2026)
- 275
- Households
- 46
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 864
- Literacy rate
- 44.2%
- Coordinates
- 25.16514°N, 87.43367°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Rajmahal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Barhait
- Member of Parliament
- Vijay Hansda
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Hemant Soren
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- NILAM DEVI
- Block / Mandal
- Thakurgangti
- Nearest railway station
- Punsia (49.3 km)
Getting there
How to reach Baijani
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi296 kmcapital
- Kolkata303 km
- Delhi1084 km
- Hyderabad1267 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationAmmapali12 km
- Hospital / PHCPrimary Health Centre, Kasba4 km
- ATM / banksbi36 km
- CollegeBCE Bhagalpur41 km
- Police stationNaka No 2(Police Station)42 km
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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)