Biktam, Meral

Biktam is a village and Gram Panchayat of the Meral (Pipra Kalan) Subdivision in Garhwa district of Jharkhand, which falls under Meral block. Suresh Ram is the President of Biktam Gram Panchayat, who can be contacted at email address mukhiyabiktam@gmail.com and mobile number 91621xxx26. The Secretary is Dilip Kumar Rajak, who can be reached at email address psbiktam@gmail.com and mobile number 79790xxx91. The Panchayat address is Panchayat Bhawan, Karkoma, Pincode - 822114. You can reach there by taking a bus till Meral bus stop which is around 2 km away. The Panchayat has internet facility.

As on May 2024, the current population of Biktam is 2.4 thousands out of which 1.3 thousands are males and rest 1.2 thousands are females. The sex ratio of this village is 900 females per 1000 males. There are around 348 teenagers in Biktam. It has literacy rate of 53% which means around 1.3 thousands persons can read and write. Total 643 people belonging to scheduled caste and 0 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 505 households in Biktam, which means every family has 5 members on average. The village has working population of 1 thousands. The pincode of Biktam is 822114 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.

• Garhwa Sub Post office
• Arangi Branch Post office
• Bongasi Branch Post office
• Karuakala Branch Post office
• Bisunpur Branch Post office

Schools

Biktam has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.

• Govt Middle School Biktam
• National Public School Sugandi

Hospitals

Biktam has many good hospitals for treatment and follwing are popular among people.

• District Hospital Garhwa
• Health Sub-Center Obra
• Health Sub-Center Jata
• Health Sub-Center Jhura
• Health Sub-Center Karuee

Banks

Biktam has many good banks for financial services and follwing are popular among people.

• Bank of Baroda Garhwa
• Central Bank of India Garhwa
• Canara Bank Garhwa
• HDFC Bank Garhwa
• IDBI Bank Garhwa

Panchayat Members

Mukhiya

Suresh Ram is the Mukhiya of Biktam Gram Panchayat, whose mobile no. is 91621xxx26 and email is mukhiyabiktam@gmail.com.

Ward Member

Biktam Gram Panchayat has total 12 elected Ward Member.

1. Lalita Devi - Mobile: 78704xxx01 - Email: wardmember@gmail.com
2. Urmila Devi - Mobile: 91624xxx13 - Email: wardmember@gmail.com
3. Sabita Devi - Mobile: 85389xxx28 - Email: wardmember@gmail.com
4. Dinesh Uraon - Mobile: 91998xxx72 - Email: wardmember@gmail.com
5. Jira Devi - Mobile: 94307xxx07 - Email: wardmember@gmail.com
6. Sangita Devi - Mobile: 72558xxx31 - Email: wardmember@gmail.com
7. Basanti Devi - Mobile: 73528xxx21 - Email: wardmember@gmail.com
8. Anita Devi - Mobile: 97718xxx86 - Email: wardmember@gmail.com
9. Lalita Devi - Mobile: 91998xxx15 - Email: wardmember@gmail.com
10. Pratima Devi - Mobile: 98923xxx33 - Email: wardmember@gmail.com
11. Mustakim Ansari - Mobile: 85389xxx74 - Email: wardmember@gmail.com
12. Sima Devi - Mobile: 77598xxx48 - Email: wardmember@gmail.com

Covered villages

Biktam Gram Panchayat manages total 6 villages.

• Basaria
• Biktam
• Garhauta
• Kamarma
• Siho
• Sikni