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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SHUSMITA DEVI
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- LGD code
- 367550
- Pincode
- 829203
- Post office
- Chandwa
- Population
- 849
- Households
- 171
- Literacy rate
- 39.2%
- Sex ratio
- 1051 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 361
Census 2011 · in context
How Ete compares
By population, Ete ranks #40 of 83 villages in Chandwa mandal.
Literacy rate
%
39.2%
−4.9% vs mandal average
- Ete
- 39.2%
- Chandwa mandal
- 44.1%
- Latehar district
- 48.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,051
+75 vs mandal average
- Ete
- 1,051
- Chandwa mandal
- 976
Household size
people per home
5.0
−0.6 vs mandal average
- Ete
- 5.0
- Chandwa mandal
- 5.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Ete at a glance
Ete is a village of 849 people in 171 households (Census 2011) in Chandwa block, Latehar district, Jharkhand, the 40th-largest of 83 villages in Chandwa block. Literacy is 39%, 5 points below the block average of 44% and the sex ratio is 1,051 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 829203, served by Chandwa post office; the LGD village code is 367550. The sarpanch is SHUSMITA DEVI. The population is estimated at 1,001 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Ete
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 5
- Power hours (winter)
- 6
- Primary school
- 1
- 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
- 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)
- 20
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 20
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 20
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BARI
- Total area (ha)
- 483
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 6.07
- Forest area (ha)
- 86.71
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Ete
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Ete
- LGD code
- 367550
- Pincode
- 829203
- Post office
- Chandwa
- Population (Census 2011)
- 849
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,001
- Households
- 171
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1051
- Literacy rate
- 39.2%
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SHUSMITA DEVI
- Block / Mandal
- Chandwa
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
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