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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
CHANDNI DEVI
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- LGD code
- 367391
- Pincode
- 829202
- Post office
- Balumath
- Population
- 669
- Households
- 125
- Literacy rate
- 53.1%
- Sex ratio
- 950 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 331
Census 2011 · in context
How Lachhipur compares
By population, Lachhipur ranks #47 of 67 villages in Balumath mandal.
Literacy rate
%
53.1%
+5.8% vs mandal average
- Lachhipur
- 53.1%
- Balumath mandal
- 47.3%
- Latehar district
- 48.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
950
−14 vs mandal average
- Lachhipur
- 950
- Balumath mandal
- 964
Household size
people per home
5.4
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Lachhipur
- 5.4
- Balumath mandal
- 5.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Lachhipur at a glance
Lachhipur is a village of 669 people in 125 households (Census 2011) in Balumath block, Latehar district, Jharkhand, the 47th-largest of 67 villages in Balumath block. Literacy is 53%, 6 points above the block average of 47% and the sex ratio is 950 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 829202, served by Balumath post office; the LGD village code is 367391. The sarpanch is CHANDNI DEVI. The population is estimated at 789 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Lachhipur
- 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
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 3
- Power hours (winter)
- 3
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- 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
- LATEHAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 40
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 75
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 18
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- MASIATU
- Total area (ha)
- 928
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 242.16
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Lachhipur
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Key facts — Lachhipur
- LGD code
- 367391
- Pincode
- 829202
- Post office
- Balumath
- Population (Census 2011)
- 669
- Population (projected 2026)
- 789
- Households
- 125
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 950
- Literacy rate
- 53.1%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Giridih
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Giridih
- Member of Parliament
- Chandra Prakash Choudhary
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- CHANDNI DEVI
- Block / Mandal
- Balumath
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
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