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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Batbanga is a village in Taljhari mandal, Sahebganj district, Jharkhand. It has a population of 387 across 85 households with a literacy rate of 51.4%. The village is identified by PIN code 816129.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
MATI BESRA
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- LGD code
- 359011
- Pincode
- 816129
- Post office
- Taljhari
- Population
- 387
- Households
- 85
- Literacy rate
- 51.4%
- Sex ratio
- 1026 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 183
- Distance to district centre
- 10 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 4 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 307 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 286 km
- Nearest railway station
- Taljhari · 7 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- CHC, Taljhari · 6 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Batbanga compares
By population, Batbanga ranks #57 of 273 villages in Taljhari mandal.
Literacy rate
%
51.4%
+12.7% vs mandal average
- Batbanga
- 51.4%
- Taljhari mandal
- 38.7%
- Sahebganj district
- 42.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,026
+52 vs mandal average
- Batbanga
- 1,026
- Taljhari mandal
- 974
Household size
people per home
4.6
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Batbanga
- 4.6
- Taljhari mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Batbanga at a glance
Batbanga is a village of 387 people in 85 households (Census 2011) in Taljhari block, Sahebganj district, Jharkhand, the 57th-largest of 273 villages in Taljhari block. Literacy is 51%, 13 points above the block average of 39% and the sex ratio is 1,026 women per 1,000 men. It lies 10 km from the Sahebganj district centre, 7 km from Marwa, the nearest town, 7 km from Taljhari railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 816129, served by Taljhari post office; the LGD village code is 359011. The nearest hospital or health centre is CHC, Taljhari, 6 km away. The sarpanch is MATI BESRA. The population is estimated at 456 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Bhatbhanga Santhali →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Batbanga · this village | 387 | 51% | — |
| Boga · Khejuri - II | 2,824 | 73% | 1.3 km NE |
| Bagcha Maqo · Taljhari | 13 | 8% | 1.5 km S |
| Dobtokri Sonda · Taljhari | 105 | 27% | 1.8 km N |
| Boga · Taljhari | 112 | 24% | 1.8 km NE |
| Bagcha Bedo · Taljhari | 26 | 23% | 2 km S |
| Hathikhuta · Borio | 73 | 15% | 2.2 km SW |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Batbanga
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 0
- 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
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- RAJMAHAL
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 15
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 33
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 5
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BATBANGA
- Total area (ha)
- 334.73
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 101.33
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Batbanga
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Batbanga
- LGD code
- 359011
- Pincode
- 816129
- Post office
- Taljhari
- Population (Census 2011)
- 387
- Population (projected 2026)
- 456
- Households
- 85
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1026
- Literacy rate
- 51.4%
- Coordinates
- 25.07048°N, 87.67756°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Rajmahal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Boiro
- Member of Parliament
- Vijay Hansda
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- MATI BESRA
- Block / Mandal
- Taljhari
Getting there
How to reach Batbanga
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi307 kmcapital
- Kolkata286 km
- Delhi1110 km
- Hyderabad1279 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationTaljhari7 km
- Hospital / PHCCHC, Taljhari6 km
- CollegeD S College52 km
- Police stationKaliachak Police Station41 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 816129
Villages near Batbanga
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- Maska Laiya
- Banskola
- Chhota Bhageamari
- Brindaban
- Pathariabola Pokhar
- Karanpura
- Pokharia
- Sagarbhanga
- Bakudih
- Phatehpur
- Taljhari
- Ambadih
- Hathigarh
- Dhanbad
- Ajodhya
- Dudhkol
- Bara Durgapur
- Bara Talbana
- Chhota Durgapur
- Hisiganj
- Bhatbhaga
- Dhamdhamia
- Sawlapur
- Bishunpur
- Bakudih Bazar
- Ambadiha
- Barmasia
- Kendua
- Jaskuti
- Sahrajdhob
- Paharpur
- Bhairobandh
- Maharajpur Bazar
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)