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Jharkhand Minister inaugurates cafe, dedicating it to "symbol of hard work, skills, self-reliance of rural women"
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Longbehra is a village in Maheshpur mandal, Pakur district, Jharkhand, with a population of 541 across 119 households. The village has a literacy rate of 28.7% and is located at coordinates 24.484°N, 87.716°E, with PIN code 816106.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Mariyam Marandi
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- LGD code
- 360657
- Pincode
- 816106
- Post office
- Maheshpur Raj
- Population
- 541
- Households
- 119
- Literacy rate
- 28.7%
- Sex ratio
- 1057 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 274
- Distance to district centre
- 32 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 49 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 275 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 223 km
- Nearest railway station
- Banshlai Bridge · 15 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Maheshpur Hospital · 6 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Longbehra compares
By population, Longbehra ranks #139 of 345 villages in Maheshpur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
28.7%
−14.2% vs mandal average
- Longbehra
- 28.7%
- Maheshpur mandal
- 42.9%
- Pakur district
- 39.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,057
+68 vs mandal average
- Longbehra
- 1,057
- Maheshpur mandal
- 989
Household size
people per home
4.5
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Longbehra
- 4.5
- Maheshpur mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Longbehra at a glance
Longbehra is a village of 541 people in 119 households (Census 2011) in Maheshpur block, Pakur district, Jharkhand, the 139th-largest of 345 villages in Maheshpur block. Literacy is 29%, 14 points below the block average of 43% and the sex ratio is 1,057 women per 1,000 men. It lies 32 km from the Pakur district centre, 21 km from Bahutali, the nearest town, 15 km from Banshlai Bridge railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 816106, served by Maheshpur Raj post office; the LGD village code is 360657. The nearest hospital or health centre is Maheshpur Hospital, 6 km away. The sarpanch is Mariyam Marandi. The population is estimated at 638 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Longbehra
- 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
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- PAKUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 25
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 25
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- TELIAPOKHAR
- Total area (ha)
- 87.69
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 1.25
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Longbehra
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Longbehra
- LGD code
- 360657
- Pincode
- 816106
- Post office
- Maheshpur Raj
- Population (Census 2011)
- 541
- Population (projected 2026)
- 638
- Households
- 119
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1057
- Literacy rate
- 28.7%
- Coordinates
- 24.48388°N, 87.71555°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Dumka
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Skiaripara
- Member of Parliament
- Nalin Soren
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Mariyam Marandi
- Block / Mandal
- Maheshpur
Getting there
How to reach Longbehra
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi275 kmcapital
- Kolkata223 km
- Delhi1141 km
- Hyderabad1241 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBanshlai Bridge15 km
- Hospital / PHCMaheshpur Hospital6 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India(Jangipur Branch)35 km
- CollegeJAKIR HOSSAIN INSTITUTE OF PHARMACY34 km
- Police stationRaghunathganj Police station36 km
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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
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)