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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Bahera is a village in Chauparan mandal, Hazaribagh district, Jharkhand, with a population of 1,753 across 357 households. The village has a literacy rate of 58% and postal code 825406.
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- LGD code
- 367773
- Pincode
- 825406
- Post office
- Chouparan
- Population
- 1,753
- Households
- 357
- Literacy rate
- 58%
- Sex ratio
- 1003 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 717
- Distance to district centre
- 205 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 186 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 316 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 297 km
- Nearest railway station
- Karanpurato · 4 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- PHC, Banjhi · 6 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Bahera compares
By population, Bahera ranks #13 of 266 villages in Chauparan mandal.
Literacy rate
%
58.0%
+1.6% vs mandal average
- Bahera
- 58.0%
- Chauparan mandal
- 56.4%
- Hazaribagh district
- 58.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,003
+5 vs mandal average
- Bahera
- 1,003
- Chauparan mandal
- 998
Household size
people per home
4.9
−0.9 vs mandal average
- Bahera
- 4.9
- Chauparan mandal
- 5.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bahera at a glance
Bahera is a village of 1,753 people in 357 households (Census 2011) in Chauparan block, Hazaribagh district, Jharkhand, the 13th-largest of 266 villages in Chauparan block. Literacy is 58%, 2 points above the block average of 56% and the sex ratio is 1,003 women per 1,000 men. It lies 205 km from the Hazaribagh district centre, 3 km from Karanpur, the nearest town, 4 km from Karanpurato railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 825406, served by Chouparan post office; the LGD village code is 367773. The nearest hospital or health centre is PHC, Banjhi, 6 km away. The village votes in Jamua assembly constituency, represented by MLA Manju Kumari. The population is estimated at 2,067 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bahera
- 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)
- 5
- Power hours (winter)
- 5
- 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
- Yes
- 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
- JHUMRI TILAIYA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 36
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 35
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 0.04
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BAHERA
- Total area (ha)
- 410.7
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 2.32
- Forest area (ha)
- 208.06
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bahera
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bahera
- LGD code
- 367773
- Pincode
- 825406
- Post office
- Chouparan
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,753
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,067
- Households
- 357
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1003
- Literacy rate
- 58.0%
- Coordinates
- 25.17000°N, 87.70425°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kodarma
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Jamua
- Member of Parliament
- Annpurna Devi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Manju Kumari
- Block / Mandal
- Chauparan
Getting there
How to reach Bahera
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi316 kmcapital
- Kolkata297 km
- Delhi1108 km
- Hyderabad1288 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKaranpurato4 km
- Bus stopBaldiabari More22 km
- Hospital / PHCPHC, Banjhi6 km
- CollegeD S College42 km
- Police stationNaka No 2(Police Station)42 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
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