Raniya is a village in Rania mandal, Khunti district, Jharkhand, with a population of 862 across 180 households. The village has a literacy rate of 74.9% and is situated at coordinates 22.757°N, 85.850°E.
By population, Raniya ranks #15 of 67 villages in Rania mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Raniya is a village of 862 people in 180 households (Census 2011) in Rania block, Khunti district, Jharkhand, the 15th-largest of 67 villages in Rania block. Literacy is 75%, 20 points above the block average of 55% and the sex ratio is 1,113 women per 1,000 men. It lies 40 km from the Khunti district centre, 38 km from Tamar, the nearest town, 3 km from Mahali Marup railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 835210, served by Khunti post office; the LGD village code is 375006. The nearest hospital or health centre is CHC, Kharsawan, 4 km away. The sarpanch is SUSHMA DAHANGA. The population is estimated at 1,016 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Tamba →
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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