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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
JIN A DEVI
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- LGD code
- 347895
- Pincode
- 822125
- Post office
- Ranka Raj
- Population
- 167
- Households
- 26
- Literacy rate
- 55.1%
- Sex ratio
- 965 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 108
- Distance to district centre
- 85 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 71 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 70 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 274 km
- Nearest railway station
- Radhagaon · 16 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital,Petarwar · 8 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kasmar compares
By population, Kasmar ranks #72 of 81 villages in Ranka mandal.
Literacy rate
%
55.1%
+9.8% vs mandal average
- Kasmar
- 55.1%
- Ranka mandal
- 45.3%
- Garhwa district
- 49.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
965
−11 vs mandal average
- Kasmar
- 965
- Ranka mandal
- 976
Household size
people per home
6.4
+1.3 vs mandal average
- Kasmar
- 6.4
- Ranka mandal
- 5.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kasmar at a glance
Kasmar is a village of 167 people in 26 households (Census 2011) in Ranka block, Garhwa district, Jharkhand, the 72nd-largest of 81 villages in Ranka block. Literacy is 55%, 10 points above the block average of 45% and the sex ratio is 965 women per 1,000 men. It lies 85 km from the Garhwa district centre, 19 km from Madhupur, the nearest town, 16 km from Radhagaon railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 822125, served by Ranka Raj post office; the LGD village code is 347895. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital,Petarwar, 8 km away. The sarpanch is JIN A DEVI, and the village votes in Barkagaon assembly constituency, represented by MLA Roshan Lal Choudhary. The population is estimated at 197 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kasmar
- 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
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- GARHWA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 43
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 43
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 21
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BISHRAMPUR
- Total area (ha)
- 428
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0.76
- Forest area (ha)
- 352.89
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kasmar
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kasmar
- LGD code
- 347895
- Pincode
- 822125
- Post office
- Ranka Raj
- Population (Census 2011)
- 167
- Population (projected 2026)
- 197
- Households
- 26
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 965
- Literacy rate
- 55.1%
- Coordinates
- 23.60640°N, 85.93585°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Hazaribagh
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Barkagaon
- Member of Parliament
- Manish Jaiswal
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Roshan Lal Choudhary
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- JIN A DEVI
- Block / Mandal
- Ranka
- Nearest railway station
- McCluskieganj (101.6 km)
Getting there
How to reach Kasmar
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi70 kmcapital
- Kolkata274 km
- Delhi1034 km
- Hyderabad1039 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationRadhagaon16 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital,Petarwar8 km
- ATM / bankSBI ATM24 km
- Petrol pumpEssar Petrol Pump21 km
- CollegeSidho-Kanho-Birsha University49 km
- Police stationRajrappa Police Station26 km
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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