Belkhara is a village in Chandwara mandal, Koderma district, Jharkhand, with a population of 432 across 93 households. The village has a literacy rate of 50%.
By population, Belkhara ranks #51 of 88 villages in Chandwara mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Belkhara is a village of 432 people in 93 households (Census 2011) in Chandwara block, Koderma district, Jharkhand, the 51st-largest of 88 villages in Chandwara block. Literacy is 50%, 2 points below the block average of 52% and the sex ratio is 920 women per 1,000 men. It lies 61 km from the Koderma district centre, 34 km from Markacho, the nearest town, 4 km from Urwan railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 825413, served by Telaiya Dam post office; the LGD village code is 350073. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital,Jogidih, 3 km away. The sarpanch is SHYAM DEV YADAV, and the village votes in Dumri assembly constituency, represented by MLA Jairam Kumar Mahato. The population is estimated at 509 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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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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