Padhua, Meral
Padhua is a village and Gram Panchayat of the Meral (Pipra Kalan) Subdivision in Garhwa district of Jharkhand, which falls under Meral block. Ashish Mahto is the President of Padhua Gram Panchayat, who can be contacted at email address akmahto8555@gmail.com and mobile number 99982xxx13. The Secretary is Ajay Kumar Ojha, who can be reached at email address rameshsingh@gmail.com and mobile number 62067xxx55. The Panchayat address is Panchayat Bhawan, Padhua, Pincode - 822114. You can reach there by taking a bus till Padhua bus stop which is less than a km away.
As on January 2025, the current population of Padhua is 3.2 thousands out of which 1.7 thousands are males and rest 1.6 thousands are females. The sex ratio of this village is 924 females per 1000 males. There are around 466 teenagers in Padhua. It has literacy rate of 47% which means around 1.5 thousands persons can read and write. Total 794 people belonging to scheduled caste and 0 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 581 households in Padhua, which means every family has 6 members on average. The village has working population of 1 thousands. The pincode of Padhua is 822133 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.
- Meral Sub Post office
- Gonda Branch Post office
- Sohbaria Branch Post office
- Rejo Branch Post office
- Karkoma Branch Post office
Schools
Padhua has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.
- Heritage International School
- Sacred Heart School Chianki
- Kisan High School Dandai
- Govt Upgrade High School Tenar
- Upgrade Govt Middle School Sohbariya
Hospitals
Padhua has many good hospitals for treatment and follwing are popular among people.
- Health Sub-Center Geruaa Soti
- Health Sub-Center Raro
- Community Health Center Meral
- Health Sub-Center Peska
- Health Sub-Center Banka
Panchayat Members
Mukhiya
Ashish Mahto is the Mukhiya of Padhua Gram Panchayat, whose mobile no. is 99982xxx13 and email is akmahto8555@gmail.com.
Ward Member
Padhua Gram Panchayat has total 13 elected Ward Member.
- Ayodhya Ram - Mobile: 91991xxx12 - Email: wardmember@gmail.com
- Pramila Devi - Mobile: 89875xxx59 - Email: wardmember@gmail.com
- Sunita Devi - Mobile: 96085xxx70 - Email: wardmember@gmail.com
- Kamla Devi - Mobile: 70335xxx55 - Email: wardmember@gmail.com
- Kamla Devi - Mobile: 73680xxx02 - Email: wardmember@gmail.com
- Sima Devi - Mobile: 81028xxx81 - Email: wardmember@gmail.com
- Shila Devi - Mobile: 80926xxx51 - Email: wardmember@gmail.com
- Manjay Biyar - Mobile: 95079xxx26 - Email: wardmember@gmail.com
- Kushum Devi - Mobile: 73525xxx93 - Email: wardmember@gmail.com
- Devpati Devi - Mobile: 78569xxx69 - Email: wardmember@gmail.com
- Mina Devi - Mobile: 96310xxx94 - Email: wardmember@gmail.com
- Akhilesh Kumar Tiwari - Mobile: 84347xxx94 - Email: wardmember@gmail.com
- Sanjay Kumar - Mobile: 82928xxx89 - Email: wardmember@gmail.com
Covered villages
Padhua Gram Panchayat manages total 5 villages.