Chitarpur is a village in Balumath mandal, Latehar district, Jharkhand, with a population of 1,286 across 213 households. The village has a literacy rate of 41.8% and is located at coordinates 23.573°N, 85.654°E with PIN code 829203.
By population, Chitarpur ranks #24 of 67 villages in Balumath mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chitarpur is a village of 1,286 people in 213 households (Census 2011) in Balumath block, Latehar district, Jharkhand, the 24th-largest of 67 villages in Balumath block. Literacy is 42%, 6 points below the block average of 47% and the sex ratio is 1,140 women per 1,000 men. It lies 24 km from the Latehar district centre, 26 km from Madhupur, the nearest town, under 1 km from Barkipona railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 829203, served by Chandwa post office; the LGD village code is 367399. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dr. Jamil Clinic, <1 km away. The sarpanch is KUMARI BHAGWATI. The population is estimated at 1,516 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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