Chama, Meral

Chama is a village and Gram Panchayat of the Meral (Pipra Kalan) Subdivision in Garhwa district of Jharkhand, which falls under Meral block. Pratima Devi is the President of Chama Gram Panchayat, who can be contacted at email address pratima225@gmail.com and mobile number 91281xxx11. The Secretary is Ramji Ram, who can be reached at email address ramjiram607@gmail.com and mobile number 80847xxx53. The Panchayat address is Panchayat Bhawan, Chama, Pincode - 822114. You can reach there by taking a bus till 10 bus stop which is a bit far away. The Panchayat has internet facility.

As on February 2025, the current population of Chama is 6.4 thousands out of which 3.3 thousands are males and rest 3.1 thousands are females. The sex ratio of this village is 954 females per 1000 males. There are around 1 thousands teenagers in Chama. It has literacy rate of 51% which means around 3.2 thousands persons can read and write. Total 555 people belonging to scheduled caste and 115 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 1.2 thousands households in Chama, which means every family has 5 members on average. The village has working population of 2.8 thousands. The pincode of Chama 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

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

• Upgrade Govt Middle School Chama (Urdu)
• S.V.N. Public School
• Upgrade Middle School Harijantola Chama
• National Public School Salbanwan Tola Chama
• National Public School Teli Tola Chama

Hospitals

Chama 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

Chama 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

Pratima Devi is the Mukhiya of Chama Gram Panchayat, whose mobile no. is 91281xxx11 and email is pratima225@gmail.com.

Ward Member

Chama Gram Panchayat has total 14 elected Ward Member.

1. Sabila Khatoon - Mobile: 94715xxx44 - Email: wardmember@gmail.com
2. Saddam Ansari - Mobile: 62063xxx46 - Email: wardmember@gmail.com
3. Chandani Kumari - Mobile: 83407xxx61 - Email: wardmember@gmail.com
4. Nasima Bibi - Mobile: 78579xxx44 - Email: wardmember@gmail.com
5. Rashida Bibi - Mobile: 73250xxx64 - Email: wardmember@gmail.com
6. Nuresha Bibi - Mobile: 84348xxx59 - Email: wardmember@gmail.com
7. Reshma Bibi - Mobile: 90254xxx81 - Email: wardmember@gmail.com
8. Satyawanti Devi - Mobile: 85799xxx49 - Email: wardmember@gmail.com
9. Sahid Ansari - Mobile: 62999xxx33 - Email: wardmember@gmail.com
10. Bablu Viswkarma - Mobile: 62063xxx77 - Email: wardmember@gmail.com
11. Soni Kumari - Mobile: 77820xxx51 - Email: wardmember@gmail.com
12. Mahendra Korwa - Mobile: 82355xxx94 - Email: wardmember@gmail.com
13. Rabul Ansari - Mobile: 62990xxx00 - Email: wardmember@gmail.com
14. Md Mustak Ansari - Mobile: 62024xxx83 - Email: wardmember@gmail.com

Covered villages

Chama Gram Panchayat manages total 4 villages.

• Chama
• Gobardaha
• Karmahi
• Katritisar Alias Kusmahi