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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Nawadih is a village in Rahe mandal, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, with a population of 1,217 across 273 households. The village has a literacy rate of 64.1% and is located at coordinates 23.859°N, 86.045°E with PIN code 834001.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SHYAM SINGH MUNDA
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- LGD code
- 373772
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population
- 1,217
- Households
- 273
- Literacy rate
- 64.1%
- Sex ratio
- 941 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 776
- Distance to district centre
- 44 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 86 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 94 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 277 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bholldih · 9 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Nawadih Hospital · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Nawadih compares
By population, Nawadih ranks #13 of 59 villages in Rahe mandal.
Literacy rate
%
64.1%
+4.6% vs mandal average
- Nawadih
- 64.1%
- Rahe mandal
- 59.5%
- Ranchi district
- 65.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
941
−31 vs mandal average
- Nawadih
- 941
- Rahe mandal
- 972
Household size
people per home
4.5
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Nawadih
- 4.5
- Rahe mandal
- 4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Nawadih at a glance
Nawadih is a village of 1,217 people in 273 households (Census 2011) in Rahe block, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, the 13th-largest of 59 villages in Rahe block. Literacy is 64%, 5 points above the block average of 60% and the sex ratio is 941 women per 1,000 men. It lies 44 km from the Ranchi district centre, 20 km from Kharki, the nearest town, 9 km from Bholldih railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 834001, served by Church Road post office; the LGD village code is 373772. The nearest hospital or health centre is Nawadih Hospital, 3 km away. The sarpanch is SHYAM SINGH MUNDA, and the village votes in Tamar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Vikas Kumar Munda. The population is estimated at 1,435 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Nawadih
- 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
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BUNDU
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 70
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 70
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- NAWADIH
- Total area (ha)
- 239
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 9.62
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Nawadih
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Key facts — Nawadih
- LGD code
- 373772
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,217
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,435
- Households
- 273
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 941
- Literacy rate
- 64.1%
- Coordinates
- 23.85889°N, 86.04472°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Khunti
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Tamar
- Member of Parliament
- Kali Charan Munda
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Vikas Kumar Munda
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SHYAM SINGH MUNDA
- Block / Mandal
- Rahe
Getting there
How to reach Nawadih
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi94 kmcapital
- Kolkata277 km
- Delhi1027 km
- Hyderabad1066 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBholldih9 km
- Hospital / PHCNawadih Hospital3 km
- ATM / bankBank of India23 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil19 km
- CollegeSSLNT College40 km
- Police stationBarora Police Station20 km
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Other villages in Rahe mandal
View all 58+ →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
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)