Blocks And Panchayat
Garhwa district is a part of Palamau Commissionary consisting of 20 Blocks and three Subdivisions namely Garhwa, Ranka & Banshidhar-Nagar.
At the time of creation of new district Garhwa, there were 8 old blocks namely :-
- Garhwa
- Meral
- Ranka
- Bhandaria
- Manjhiaon
- Banshidhar-Nagar
- Bhawanathpur and
- Dhurki.
Later on 6 new blocks were created from old blocks on administrative ground namely 1. Dandai, 2. Chiniya, 3. Kharoundhi, 4. Ramna, 5. Ramkanda and 6. Kandi. Later on 5 new blocks were created from old 14 blocks on administrative ground namely
- Danda
- Ketar
- Bishunpura
- Bardiha and
- Sagma.
So presently there are 20 blocks in Garhwa district. There are 189 Gram Panchayats. 915 revenue villages in this district.
| SL.NO. | Block Name | Number Of Panchayats |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Garhwa_Sadar | 22 |
| 2 | Meral | 20 |
| 3 | Ramna | 11 |
| 4 | Banshidhar-Nagar | 12 |
| 5 | Bhawanathpur | 9 |
| 6 | Bardiha | 6 |
| 7 | Bhandaria | 6 |
| 8 | Chinia | 7 |
| 9 | Ranka | 14 |
| 10 | Ramkanda | 7 |
| 11 | Dhurki | 8 |
| 12 | Bishunpura | 5 |
| 13 | Manjhiaon | 9 |
| 14 | Kandi | 16 |
| 15 | Kharaundhi | 9 |
| 16 | Danda | 3 |
| 17 | Dandai | 9 |
| 18 | Bargarh | 4 |
| 19 | Ketar | 7 |
| 20 | Sagma | 5 |