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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
HARICHARAN HEMBROM
Contact: 87****0950
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- LGD code
- 377509
- Pincode
- 833204
- Post office
- J.M.P. Chowk
- Population
- 691
- Households
- 147
- Literacy rate
- 43.8%
- Sex ratio
- 1273 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 305
- Distance to district centre
- 49 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 50 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 85 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 273 km
- Nearest railway station
- Barabambo · 4 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Railway Hospital, Chakradharpur · 8 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Guntia compares
By population, Guntia ranks #39 of 96 villages in Khuntpani mandal.
Literacy rate
%
43.8%
−2.7% vs mandal average
Guntia43.8%
Khuntpani mandal46.5%
West Singhbhum district48.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,273
+248 vs mandal average
Guntia1,273
Khuntpani mandal1,025
Household size
people per home
4.7
−0.6 vs mandal average
Guntia4.7
Khuntpani mandal5.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Guntia at a glance
Guntia is a village of 691 people in 147 households (Census 2011) in Khuntpani block, West Singhbhum district, Jharkhand, the 39th-largest of 96 villages in Khuntpani block. Literacy is 44%, 3 points below the block average of 47% and the sex ratio is 1,273 women per 1,000 men. It lies 49 km from the West Singhbhum district centre, 42 km from Tamar, the nearest town, 4 km from Barabambo railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 833204, served by J.M.P. Chowk post office; the LGD village code is 377509. The nearest hospital or health centre is Railway Hospital, Chakradharpur, 8 km away. The sarpanch is HARICHARAN HEMBROM, and the village votes in Ichagarh assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sabita Mahato. The population is estimated at 815 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Guntia
- 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
- 1
- 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
- CHAIBASA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 11
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 10
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 10
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BARA GUNTIA
- Total area (ha)
- 121
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Guntia
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Guntia
- LGD code
- 377509
- Pincode
- 833204
- Post office
- J.M.P. Chowk
- Population (Census 2011)
- 691
- Population (projected 2026)
- 815
- Households
- 147
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1273
- Literacy rate
- 43.8%
- Coordinates
- 22.67228°N, 85.70718°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Ranchi
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Ichagarh
- Member of Parliament
- Sanjay Seth
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sabita Mahato
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- HARICHARAN HEMBROM
- Block / Mandal
- Khuntpani
Getting there
How to reach Guntia
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi85 kmcapital
- Kolkata273 km
- Hyderabad956 km
- Delhi1077 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBarabambo4 km
- Hospital / PHCRailway Hospital, Chakradharpur8 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India17 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil Petrol Pump9 km
- Collegejamshedpur Women's College51 km
- Police stationJhikpani Police Station25 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)