Nawada is a village in Pakaur mandal, Pakur district, Jharkhand, with a population of 7,094 across 1,346 households. The village has a literacy rate of 23% and is located at coordinates 24.893°N, 85.545°E.
By population, Nawada ranks #6 of 186 villages in Pakaur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Nawada is a village of 7,094 people in 1,346 households (Census 2011) in Pakaur block, Pakur district, Jharkhand, the 6th-largest of 186 villages in Pakaur block. Literacy is 23%, 9 points below the block average of 32% and the sex ratio is 977 women per 1,000 men. It lies 196 km from the Pakur district centre, 13 km from Roh, the nearest town, under 1 km from Nawada Railway Station railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 816107, served by Pakur post office; the LGD village code is 360455. The nearest hospital or health centre is City Hospital, <1 km away. The sarpanch is HAJRAT BELAL, and the village votes in Maheshpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Stephen Marandi. The population is estimated at 8,364 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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