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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
HOPNA TUDU
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- LGD code
- 358783
- Pincode
- 816110
- Post office
- Pathna
- Population
- 379
- Households
- 91
- Literacy rate
- 40.9%
- Sex ratio
- 954 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 225
- Distance to district centre
- 27 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 44 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 308 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 304 km
- Nearest railway station
- Karamtola · 6 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- B R Clinic · 8 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Bansjori compares
By population, Bansjori ranks #77 of 273 villages in Barhait mandal.
Literacy rate
%
40.9%
+8.3% vs mandal average
- Bansjori
- 40.9%
- Barhait mandal
- 32.6%
- Sahebganj district
- 42.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
954
−10 vs mandal average
- Bansjori
- 954
- Barhait mandal
- 964
Household size
people per home
4.2
−0.6 vs mandal average
- Bansjori
- 4.2
- Barhait mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bansjori at a glance
Bansjori is a village of 379 people in 91 households (Census 2011) in Barhait block, Sahebganj district, Jharkhand, the 77th-largest of 273 villages in Barhait block. Literacy is 41%, 8 points above the block average of 33% and the sex ratio is 954 women per 1,000 men. It lies 27 km from the Sahebganj district centre, 9 km from Ganga Parshad, the nearest town, 6 km from Karamtola railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 816110, served by Pathna post office; the LGD village code is 358783. The nearest hospital or health centre is B R Clinic, 8 km away. The sarpanch is HOPNA TUDU, and the village votes in Barhait assembly constituency, represented by MLA Hemant Soren. The population is estimated at 447 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bansjori
- 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
- 2
- Middle school
- 2
- 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
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- SAHIBGANJ
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 58
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 58
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 8
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- PANCH KATHIYA SANTHALI
- Total area (ha)
- 92.14
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 4.4
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bansjori
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bansjori
- LGD code
- 358783
- Pincode
- 816110
- Post office
- Pathna
- Population (Census 2011)
- 379
- Population (projected 2026)
- 447
- Households
- 91
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 954
- Literacy rate
- 40.9%
- Coordinates
- 25.20192°N, 87.55766°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Rajmahal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Barhait
- Member of Parliament
- Vijay Hansda
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Hemant Soren
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- HOPNA TUDU
- Block / Mandal
- Barhait
Getting there
How to reach Bansjori
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi308 kmcapital
- Kolkata304 km
- Delhi1094 km
- Hyderabad1279 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKaramtola6 km
- Bus stopBaldiabari More19 km
- Hospital / PHCB R Clinic8 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India37 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Petrol Pump39 km
- CollegeAmbedkar Institute of Health Line37 km
- Police stationNaka No 2(Police Station)36 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
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