By population, Bhandaro ranks #64 of 138 villages in Jamtara mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bhandaro is a village of 810 people in 169 households (Census 2011) in Jamtara block, Jamtara district, Jharkhand, the 64th-largest of 138 villages in Jamtara block. Literacy is 68%, 13 points above the block average of 56% and the sex ratio is 971 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 815354, served by Mihijam post office; the LGD village code is 372725. The sarpanch is RABONI MARANDI, and the village votes in Dumka assembly constituency, represented by MLA Basant Soren. The population is estimated at 955 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Chalna →
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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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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