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Jharkhand Minister inaugurates cafe, dedicating it to "symbol of hard work, skills, self-reliance of rural women"
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Irki is a village in Itkhori mandal, Chatra district, Jharkhand, with a population of 704 across 106 households. The village has a literacy rate of 47% and is located at coordinates 24.207°N, 86.111°E with PIN code 825408.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SONI KUMARI
Contact: 99****7762
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- LGD code
- 348997
- Pincode
- 825408
- Post office
- Itkhori
- Population
- 704
- Households
- 106
- Literacy rate
- 47%
- Sex ratio
- 989 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 183
- Distance to district centre
- 16 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 2 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 126 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 293 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kawar · 8 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Tabrej Clinic · 5 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Irki compares
By population, Irki ranks #27 of 159 villages in Itkhori mandal.
Literacy rate
%
47.0%
−8.8% vs mandal average
- Irki
- 47.0%
- Itkhori mandal
- 55.8%
- Chatra district
- 48.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
989
+10 vs mandal average
- Irki
- 989
- Itkhori mandal
- 979
Household size
people per home
6.6
+0.5 vs mandal average
- Irki
- 6.6
- Itkhori mandal
- 6.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Irki at a glance
Irki is a village of 704 people in 106 households (Census 2011) in Itkhori block, Chatra district, Jharkhand, the 27th-largest of 159 villages in Itkhori block. Literacy is 47%, 9 points below the block average of 56% and the sex ratio is 989 women per 1,000 men. It lies 16 km from the Chatra district centre, 21 km from Kharki, the nearest town, 8 km from Kawar railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 825408, served by Itkhori post office; the LGD village code is 348997. The nearest hospital or health centre is Tabrej Clinic, 5 km away. The sarpanch is SONI KUMARI. The population is estimated at 830 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Irki
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 5
- Power hours (winter)
- 4
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- CHATRA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 37
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 37
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- DHUNA
- Total area (ha)
- 35
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 1.65
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Irki
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Irki
- LGD code
- 348997
- Pincode
- 825408
- Post office
- Itkhori
- Population (Census 2011)
- 704
- Population (projected 2026)
- 830
- Households
- 106
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 989
- Literacy rate
- 47.0%
- Coordinates
- 24.20678°N, 86.11117°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Giridih
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Giridih
- Member of Parliament
- Chandra Prakash Choudhary
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SONI KUMARI
- Block / Mandal
- Itkhori
Getting there
How to reach Irki
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi126 kmcapital
- Kolkata293 km
- Delhi1012 km
- Hyderabad1097 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKawar8 km
- Hospital / PHCTabrej Clinic5 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil36 km
- CollegeSSLNT College56 km
- Police stationBarora Police Station45 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
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