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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SIMA DEVI
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- LGD code
- 366736
- Pincode
- 822110
- Post office
- Raj Chainpur
- Population
- 267
- Households
- 53
- Literacy rate
- 58.1%
- Sex ratio
- 949 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 75
Census 2011 · in context
How Kilhar compares
By population, Kilhar ranks #138 of 179 villages in Chainpur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
58.1%
+12.5% vs mandal average
Kilhar58.1%
Chainpur mandal45.6%
Palamu district52.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
949
+6 vs mandal average
Kilhar949
Chainpur mandal943
Household size
people per home
5.0
−0.2 vs mandal average
Kilhar5.0
Chainpur mandal5.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kilhar at a glance
Kilhar is a village of 267 people in 53 households (Census 2011) in Chainpur block, Palamu district, Jharkhand, the 138th-largest of 179 villages in Chainpur block. Literacy is 58%, 13 points above the block average of 46% and the sex ratio is 949 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 822110, served by Raj Chainpur post office; the LGD village code is 366736. The sarpanch is SIMA DEVI, and the village votes in Mandu assembly constituency, represented by MLA Nirmal Mahto. The population is estimated at 315 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kilhar
- 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
- 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
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- GARHWA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 18
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 23
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 18
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KARSO
- Total area (ha)
- 846
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 570.07
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kilhar
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Key facts — Kilhar
- LGD code
- 366736
- Pincode
- 822110
- Post office
- Raj Chainpur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 267
- Population (projected 2026)
- 315
- Households
- 53
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 949
- Literacy rate
- 58.1%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Hazaribagh
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Mandu
- Member of Parliament
- Manish Jaiswal
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Nirmal Mahto
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SIMA DEVI
- Block / Mandal
- Chainpur
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- Kudaga Khurd
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- Bahera Khurd
- Bansdih
- Bharganwan
- Majhgawan
- Baghi
- Lidki
- Patarhia Khurd
Sources & freshness
- 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
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