Obra is a village in Pandu mandal, Palamu district, Jharkhand. It has a population of 1,351 across 216 households with a literacy rate of 62.3%. The village is located at 24.889°N, 84.373°E and has postal code 822132.
By population, Obra ranks #17 of 55 villages in Pandu mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Obra is a village of 1,351 people in 216 households (Census 2011) in Pandu block, Palamu district, Jharkhand, the 17th-largest of 55 villages in Pandu block. Literacy is 62%, 8 points above the block average of 54% and the sex ratio is 922 women per 1,000 men. It lies 203 km from the Palamu district centre, 15 km from Darihat, the nearest town, 4 km from Dewariya Kurmha Naresh Halt railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 822132, served by Bishrampur (Palamau) post office; the LGD village code is 365705. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Bhopatpur, 12 km away. The sarpanch is sashibhushan pal. The population is estimated at 1,593 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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