Dhab is a village in Satgawan mandal, Koderma district, Jharkhand. It has a population of 1,451 people across 219 households, with a literacy rate of 28.8%.
By population, Dhab ranks #12 of 144 villages in Satgawan mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dhab is a village of 1,451 people in 219 households (Census 2011) in Satgawan block, Koderma district, Jharkhand, the 12th-largest of 144 villages in Satgawan block. Literacy is 29%, 18 points below the block average, and the sex ratio is 927 women per 1,000 men. It lies 53 km from the Koderma district centre, 12 km from Jamua, the nearest town, 15 km from Maheshpur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 825132, served by Satgawan post office; the LGD village code is 349518. The nearest hospital or health centre is Kumar Clinic, 13 km away. The sarpanch is Sushila Devi, and the village votes in Jamua assembly constituency, represented by Manju Kumari. The population is estimated at 1,711 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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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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