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Jharkhand Minister inaugurates cafe, dedicating it to "symbol of hard work, skills, self-reliance of rural women"
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SARITA MURMU
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- LGD code
- 372716
- Pincode
- 815354
- Post office
- Mihijam
- Population
- 207
- Households
- 42
- Literacy rate
- 60.4%
- Sex ratio
- 1134 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 125
- Distance to district centre
- 98 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 70 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 287 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 255 km
- Nearest railway station
- Barharwa Junction · 15 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Tribal Welfare Rural Hospital Asanbani,(Rinchi)Trust Hospital · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Birajpur compares
By population, Birajpur ranks #115 of 138 villages in Jamtara mandal.
Literacy rate
%
60.4%
+4.9% vs mandal average
- Birajpur
- 60.4%
- Jamtara mandal
- 55.5%
- Jamtara district
- 53.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,134
+166 vs mandal average
- Birajpur
- 1,134
- Jamtara mandal
- 968
Household size
people per home
4.9
−0.3 vs mandal average
- Birajpur
- 4.9
- Jamtara mandal
- 5.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Birajpur at a glance
Birajpur is a village of 207 people in 42 households (Census 2011) in Jamtara block, Jamtara district, Jharkhand, the 115th-largest of 138 villages in Jamtara block. Literacy is 60%, 5 points above the block average of 56% and the sex ratio is 1,134 women per 1,000 men. It lies 98 km from the Jamtara district centre, 5 km from Sahri, the nearest town, 15 km from Barharwa Junction railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 815354, served by Mihijam post office; the LGD village code is 372716. The nearest hospital or health centre is Tribal Welfare Rural Hospital Asanbani,(Rinchi)Trust Hospital, 7 km away. The sarpanch is SARITA MURMU, and the village votes in Dumka assembly constituency, represented by MLA Basant Soren. The population is estimated at 244 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Birajpur
- 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)
- 8
- Power hours (winter)
- 10
- 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
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- JAMTARA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 23
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 23
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 23
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- RANIDIH
- Total area (ha)
- 49.3
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0.25
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Birajpur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Birajpur
- LGD code
- 372716
- Pincode
- 815354
- Post office
- Mihijam
- Population (Census 2011)
- 207
- Population (projected 2026)
- 244
- Households
- 42
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1134
- Literacy rate
- 60.4%
- Coordinates
- 24.77778°N, 87.66021°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Dumka
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dumka
- Member of Parliament
- Nalin Soren
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Basant Soren
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SARITA MURMU
- Block / Mandal
- Jamtara
- Nearest PHC
- Prabhakar Clinic (69.5 km)
- Nearest railway station
- New Madanpur (67.7 km)
Getting there
How to reach Birajpur
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi287 kmcapital
- Kolkata255 km
- Delhi1122 km
- Hyderabad1257 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBarharwa Junction15 km
- Hospital / PHCTribal Welfare Rural Hospital Asanbani,(Rinchi)Trust Hospital7 km
- CollegeD.N.C. College41 km
- Police stationKaliachak Police Station37 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
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