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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
RD
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
RANO DEVI
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- LGD code
- 367400
- Pincode
- 829202
- Post office
- Balumath
- Population
- 35
- Households
- 5
- Literacy rate
- 57.1%
- Sex ratio
- 1333 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 11
Census 2011 · in context
How Mawadih compares
By population, Mawadih ranks #65 of 67 villages in Balumath mandal.
Literacy rate
%
57.1%
+9.8% vs mandal average
Mawadih57.1%
Balumath mandal47.3%
Latehar district48.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,333
+369 vs mandal average
Mawadih1,333
Balumath mandal964
Household size
people per home
7.0
+1.4 vs mandal average
Mawadih7.0
Balumath mandal5.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Mawadih at a glance
Mawadih is a village of 35 people in 5 households (Census 2011) in Balumath block, Latehar district, Jharkhand, the 65th-largest of 67 villages in Balumath block. Literacy is 57%, 10 points above the block average of 47% and the sex ratio is 1,333 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 829202, served by Balumath post office; the LGD village code is 367400. The sarpanch is RANO DEVI. The population is estimated at 41 in 2026, up 17% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Mawadih
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 0
- 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
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- 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)
- 39
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 39
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 8
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- DHADHU
- Total area (ha)
- 102
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 4.91
- Forest area (ha)
- 9.15
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Mawadih
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Mawadih
- LGD code
- 367400
- Pincode
- 829202
- Post office
- Balumath
- Population (Census 2011)
- 35
- Population (projected 2026)
- 41
- Households
- 5
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1333
- Literacy rate
- 57.1%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Giridih
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Giridih
- Member of Parliament
- Chandra Prakash Choudhary
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- RANO 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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