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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
bishu lal majhi
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- LGD code
- 378744
- Pincode
- 833101
- Post office
- Amda
- Population
- 243
- Households
- 48
- Literacy rate
- 65.8%
- Sex ratio
- 869 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 80
- Distance to district centre
- 74 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 81 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 85 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 259 km
- Nearest railway station
- Mahali Marup · 3 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- CHC, Kharsawan · 4 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Hansda compares
By population, Hansda ranks #101 of 134 villages in Kharsawan mandal.
Literacy rate
%
65.8%
+10.6% vs mandal average
Hansda65.8%
Kharsawan mandal55.2%
Saraikela Kharsawan district57.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
869
−101 vs mandal average
Hansda869
Kharsawan mandal970
Household size
people per home
5.1
+0.1 vs mandal average
Hansda5.1
Kharsawan mandal5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Hansda at a glance
Hansda is a village of 243 people in 48 households (Census 2011) in Kharsawan block, Saraikela Kharsawan district, Jharkhand, the 101st-largest of 134 villages in Kharsawan block. Literacy is 66%, 11 points above the block average of 55% and the sex ratio is 869 women per 1,000 men. It lies 74 km from the Saraikela Kharsawan district centre, 38 km from Tamar, the nearest town, 3 km from Mahali Marup railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 833101, served by Amda post office; the LGD village code is 378744. The nearest hospital or health centre is CHC, Kharsawan, 4 km away. The sarpanch is bishu lal majhi. The population is estimated at 286 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Hansda
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 8
- Power hours (winter)
- 10
- 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
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- SERAIKELA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 17
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 17
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 5
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- SIMLA
- Total area (ha)
- 132
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 89.28
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Hansda
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Hansda
- LGD code
- 378744
- Pincode
- 833101
- Post office
- Amda
- Population (Census 2011)
- 243
- Population (projected 2026)
- 286
- Households
- 48
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 869
- Literacy rate
- 65.8%
- Coordinates
- 22.75738°N, 85.84962°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Khunti
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Kharsawan
- Member of Parliament
- Kali Charan Munda
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- bishu lal majhi
- Block / Mandal
- Kharsawan
Getting there
How to reach Hansda
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi85 kmcapital
- Kolkata259 km
- Hyderabad973 km
- Delhi1083 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationMahali Marup3 km
- Hospital / PHCCHC, Kharsawan4 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India24 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil Fuel Station23 km
- Collegejamshedpur Women's College34 km
- Police stationJhikpani Police Station33 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
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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