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Jharkhand signs MoU with Centre under Jal Jeevan Mission 2.0; CM Soren seeks release of Rs 6,500 crore dues
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- LGD code
- 348004
- Pincode
- 822125
- Post office
- Ranka Raj
- Population
- 232
- Households
- 53
- Literacy rate
- 43.5%
- Sex ratio
- 1035 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 122
- Distance to district centre
- 102 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 105 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 105 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 429 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kumandih · 23 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Primary Sub Health Centre Saryu Latehar · 11 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Rud compares
By population, Rud ranks #59 of 77 villages in Bhandaria mandal.
Literacy rate
%
43.5%
−3.0% vs mandal average
- Rud
- 43.5%
- Bhandaria mandal
- 46.5%
- Garhwa district
- 49.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,035
+63 vs mandal average
- Rud
- 1,035
- Bhandaria mandal
- 972
Household size
people per home
4.4
−0.6 vs mandal average
- Rud
- 4.4
- Bhandaria mandal
- 5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Rud at a glance
Rud is a village of 232 people in 53 households (Census 2011) in Bhandaria block, Garhwa district, Jharkhand, the 59th-largest of 77 villages in Bhandaria block. Literacy is 44%, 3 points below the block average of 47% and the sex ratio is 1,035 women per 1,000 men. It lies 102 km from the Garhwa district centre, 23 km from Kumandih railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 822125, served by Ranka Raj post office; the LGD village code is 348004. The nearest hospital or health centre is Primary Sub Health Centre Saryu Latehar, 11 km away. The village votes in Hazaribagh assembly constituency, represented by MLA Pradip Prasad. The population is estimated at 274 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Rud
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- 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
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- GARHWA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 89
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 89
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 24
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- TEHARI
- Total area (ha)
- 1,236
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 866.06
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Rud
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Rud
- LGD code
- 348004
- Pincode
- 822125
- Post office
- Ranka Raj
- Population (Census 2011)
- 232
- Population (projected 2026)
- 274
- Households
- 53
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1035
- Literacy rate
- 43.5%
- Coordinates
- 23.56264°N, 84.30912°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Hazaribagh
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Hazaribagh
- Member of Parliament
- Manish Jaiswal
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Pradip Prasad
- Block / Mandal
- Bhandaria
- Nearest railway station
- McCluskieganj (65.3 km)
Getting there
How to reach Rud
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi105 kmcapital
- Kolkata429 km
- Delhi904 km
- Hyderabad916 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKumandih23 km
- Hospital / PHCPrimary Sub Health Centre Saryu Latehar11 km
- CollegeGanesh Lal Aggrawal College58 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
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