Jharkhand has 24 districts, 4,345 gram panchayats and 32,737 villages in the Local Government Directory as on 25 September 2026.
Pick a district to see its block panchayats, gram panchayats and villages.
| District | Blocks | Gram panchayats | Villages | Towns (ULBs) | Assembly seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bokaro | 9 | 249 | 736 | 2 | 5 |
| Chatra | 12 | 152 | 1,472 | 1 | 1 |
| Deoghar | 10 | 194 | 2,663 | 2 | 3 |
| Dhanbad | 10 | 256 | 1,222 | 2 | 5 |
| Dumka | 10 | 206 | 2,928 | 2 | — |
| East Singhbum | 11 | 231 | 1,785 | 4 | 5 |
| Garhwa | 20 | 189 | 889 | 3 | 3 |
| Giridih | 13 | 344 | 2,780 | 3 | 3 |
| Godda | 9 | 197 | 2,222 | 2 | 2 |
| Gumla | 12 | 159 | 948 | 1 | 3 |
| Hazaribagh | 16 | 250 | 1,323 | 1 | 4 |
| Jamtara | 6 | 118 | 1,203 | 2 | 2 |
| Khunti | 6 | 86 | 757 | 1 | — |
| Koderma | 6 | 105 | 703 | 3 | 1 |
| Latehar | 10 | 115 | 772 | 1 | 2 |
| Lohardaga | 7 | 66 | 353 | 1 | 2 |
| Pakur | 6 | 128 | 1,250 | 1 | — |
| Palamu | 21 | 265 | 1,877 | 5 | — |
| Ramgarh | 6 | 125 | 368 | 1 | 3 |
| Ranchi | 18 | 305 | 1,329 | 2 | 4 |
| Sahebganj | 9 | 162 | 1,820 | 3 | — |
| Saraikela Kharsawan | 9 | 132 | 1,202 | 3 | 3 |
| Simdega | 10 | 94 | 450 | 1 | — |
| West Singhbhum | 18 | 217 | 1,685 | 2 | 6 |
Blocks are community development blocks. Meghalaya, Mizoram and Nagaland have no panchayats under Part IX of the Constitution; villages there fall under traditional or autonomous councils, so the panchayat count is zero. Towns come from our urban local body directory, also built from LGD.
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What the numbers mean and where they come from.
How many gram panchayats are there in Jharkhand?
The Local Government Directory lists 4,345 gram panchayats in Jharkhand, across 24 districts, as on 25 September 2026.
How many villages are there in Jharkhand?
LGD lists 32,737 villages in Jharkhand. The district with the most villages is Dumka.
What is the middle tier of panchayats called in Jharkhand?
LGD calls it Panchayat Samiti. Jharkhand has 264 of them. They usually match the community development blocks.
Source: Local Government Directory (lgdirectory.gov.in), Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India, read from the daily open mirror github.com/ramSeraph/opendata. Data as on 25 September 2026. Licence: Government Open Data License - India.
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