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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
DURGA KISKU
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- LGD code
- 358870
- Pincode
- 816129
- Post office
- Taljhari
- Population
- 89
- Households
- 24
- Literacy rate
- 64%
- Sex ratio
- 854 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 60
- Distance to district centre
- 18 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 25 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 290 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 259 km
- Nearest railway station
- Barharwa Junction · 12 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Prem Jyoti Community Hospital · 5 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Lakhipur compares
By population, Lakhipur ranks #141 of 273 villages in Taljhari mandal.
Literacy rate
%
64.0%
+25.3% vs mandal average
Lakhipur64.0%
Taljhari mandal38.7%
Sahebganj district42.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
854
−120 vs mandal average
Lakhipur854
Taljhari mandal974
Household size
people per home
3.7
−1.0 vs mandal average
Lakhipur3.7
Taljhari mandal4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Lakhipur at a glance
Lakhipur is a village of 89 people in 24 households (Census 2011) in Taljhari block, Sahebganj district, Jharkhand, the 141st-largest of 273 villages in Taljhari block. Literacy is 64%, 25 points above the block average of 39% and the sex ratio is 854 women per 1,000 men. It lies 18 km from the Sahebganj district centre, 6 km from Sahri, the nearest town, 12 km from Barharwa Junction railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 816129, served by Taljhari post office; the LGD village code is 358870. The nearest hospital or health centre is Prem Jyoti Community Hospital, 5 km away. The sarpanch is DURGA KISKU. The population is estimated at 105 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Lakhipur
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 9
- Power hours (winter)
- 15
- 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
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- SAHIBGANJ
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 24
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 24
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 9
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- TALJHARI
- Total area (ha)
- 117
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 1.73
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Key facts — Lakhipur
- LGD code
- 358870
- Pincode
- 816129
- Post office
- Taljhari
- Population (Census 2011)
- 89
- Population (projected 2026)
- 105
- Households
- 24
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 854
- Literacy rate
- 64.0%
- Coordinates
- 24.81658°N, 87.66987°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Rajmahal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Boiro
- Member of Parliament
- Vijay Hansda
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- DURGA KISKU
- Block / Mandal
- Taljhari
Getting there
How to reach Lakhipur
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi290 kmcapital
- Kolkata259 km
- Delhi1121 km
- Hyderabad1260 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBarharwa Junction12 km
- Hospital / PHCPrem Jyoti Community Hospital5 km
- CollegeD.N.C. College42 km
- Police stationKaliachak Police Station36 km
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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)