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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
RD
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
RINKU DEVI
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- LGD code
- 367486
- Pincode
- 829202
- Post office
- Balumath
- Population
- 311
- Households
- 52
- Literacy rate
- 57.9%
- Sex ratio
- 1160 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 132
Census 2011 · in context
How Hunjar compares
By population, Hunjar ranks #39 of 51 villages in Herhanj mandal.
Literacy rate
%
57.9%
+14.6% vs mandal average
- Hunjar
- 57.9%
- Herhanj mandal
- 43.3%
- Latehar district
- 48.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,160
+211 vs mandal average
- Hunjar
- 1,160
- Herhanj mandal
- 949
Household size
people per home
6.0
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Hunjar
- 6.0
- Herhanj mandal
- 5.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Hunjar at a glance
Hunjar is a village of 311 people in 52 households (Census 2011) in Herhanj block, Latehar district, Jharkhand, the 39th-largest of 51 villages in Herhanj block. Literacy is 58%, 15 points above the block average of 43% and the sex ratio is 1,160 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 829202, served by Balumath post office; the LGD village code is 367486. The sarpanch is RINKU DEVI. The population is estimated at 367 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Hunjar
- 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
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 10
- 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)
- 38
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 38
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 8
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- FULSU
- Total area (ha)
- 426
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 6.85
- Forest area (ha)
- 278.74
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Hunjar
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Hunjar
- LGD code
- 367486
- Pincode
- 829202
- Post office
- Balumath
- Population (Census 2011)
- 311
- Population (projected 2026)
- 367
- Households
- 52
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1160
- Literacy rate
- 57.9%
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- RINKU DEVI
- Block / Mandal
- Herhanj
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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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