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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SEEMA DEVI
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- LGD code
- 374525
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population
- 1,936
- Households
- 408
- Literacy rate
- 60.4%
- Sex ratio
- 958 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,026
Census 2011 · in context
How Edalhatu compares
By population, Edalhatu ranks #6 of 88 villages in Bundu mandal.
Literacy rate
%
60.4%
+3.5% vs mandal average
- Edalhatu
- 60.4%
- Bundu mandal
- 56.9%
- Ranchi district
- 65.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
958
−6 vs mandal average
- Edalhatu
- 958
- Bundu mandal
- 964
Household size
people per home
4.7
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Edalhatu
- 4.7
- Bundu mandal
- 4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Edalhatu at a glance
Edalhatu is a village of 1,936 people in 408 households (Census 2011) in Bundu block, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, the 6th-largest of 88 villages in Bundu block. Literacy is 60%, 4 points above the block average of 57% and the sex ratio is 958 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 834001, served by Church Road post office; the LGD village code is 374525. The sarpanch is SEEMA DEVI, and the village votes in Khijri assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rajesh Kachhap. The population is estimated at 2,283 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Edalhatu
- 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
- 3
- Middle school
- 3
- 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
- Yes
- 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
- No
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BUNDU
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 3
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 40
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 2
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- EDALHATU
- Total area (ha)
- 662
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 15.6
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Edalhatu
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Edalhatu
- LGD code
- 374525
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,936
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,283
- Households
- 408
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 958
- Literacy rate
- 60.4%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Ranchi
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Khijri
- Member of Parliament
- Sanjay Seth
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Rajesh Kachhap
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SEEMA DEVI
- Block / Mandal
- Bundu
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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
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)