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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Firangi Oraon
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- LGD code
- 375617
- Pincode
- 835207
- Post office
- Gumla Bazar
- Population
- 478
- Households
- 61
- Literacy rate
- 49%
- Sex ratio
- 1069 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 130
- Distance to district centre
- 256 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 216 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 306 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 293 km
- Nearest railway station
- Karanpurato · 12 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- PHC, Banjhi · 4 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Dhobni compares
By population, Dhobni ranks #92 of 119 villages in Ghaghra mandal.
Literacy rate
%
49.0%
+3.9% vs mandal average
Dhobni49.0%
Ghaghra mandal45.1%
Gumla district54.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,069
+67 vs mandal average
Dhobni1,069
Ghaghra mandal1,002
Household size
people per home
7.8
+2.1 vs mandal average
Dhobni7.8
Ghaghra mandal5.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dhobni at a glance
Dhobni is a village of 478 people in 61 households (Census 2011) in Ghaghra block, Gumla district, Jharkhand, the 92nd-largest of 119 villages in Ghaghra block. Literacy is 49%, 4 points above the block average of 45% and the sex ratio is 1,069 women per 1,000 men. It lies 256 km from the Gumla district centre, 6 km from Marwa, the nearest town, 12 km from Karanpurato railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 835207, served by Gumla Bazar post office; the LGD village code is 375617. The nearest hospital or health centre is PHC, Banjhi, 4 km away. The sarpanch is Firangi Oraon, and the village votes in Mandu assembly constituency, represented by MLA Nirmal Mahto. The population is estimated at 1,219 in 2026, up 155% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Dhobni
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- 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
- No
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- GUMLA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 34
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 40
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 16
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BADRI
- Total area (ha)
- 359
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Dhobni
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Key facts — Dhobni
- LGD code
- 375617
- Pincode
- 835207
- Post office
- Gumla Bazar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 478
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,219
- Households
- 61
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1069
- Literacy rate
- 49.0%
- Coordinates
- 25.11479°N, 87.62008°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Hazaribagh
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Mandu
- Member of Parliament
- Manish Jaiswal
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Nirmal Mahto
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Firangi Oraon
- Block / Mandal
- Ghaghra
Getting there
How to reach Dhobni
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi306 kmcapital
- Kolkata293 km
- Delhi1103 km
- Hyderabad1278 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKaranpurato12 km
- Hospital / PHCPHC, Banjhi4 km
- CollegeAmbedkar Institute of Health Line47 km
- Police stationNaka No 2(Police Station)46 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-07
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
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