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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Bangaon is a village in Burmu mandal, Ranchi district, Jharkhand with a population of 679 spread across 129 households. The village has a literacy rate of 52.4%.
GD
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
GANGOTRI DEVI
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- LGD code
- 373408
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population
- 679
- Households
- 129
- Literacy rate
- 52.4%
- Sex ratio
- 1021 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 401
- Distance to district centre
- 258 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 195 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 318 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 274 km
- Nearest railway station
- Rajmahal · 7 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Udhwa Nursing Home · 4 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Bangaon compares
By population, Bangaon ranks #49 of 77 villages in Burmu mandal.
Literacy rate
%
52.4%
−2.1% vs mandal average
- Bangaon
- 52.4%
- Burmu mandal
- 54.5%
- Ranchi district
- 65.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,021
+52 vs mandal average
- Bangaon
- 1,021
- Burmu mandal
- 969
Household size
people per home
5.3
Same as the mandal average
- Bangaon
- 5.3
- Burmu mandal
- 5.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bangaon at a glance
Bangaon is a village of 679 people in 129 households (Census 2011) in Burmu block, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, the 49th-largest of 77 villages in Burmu block. Literacy is 52%, 2 points below the block average of 55% and the sex ratio is 1,021 women per 1,000 men. It lies 258 km from the Ranchi district centre, 1 km from Rustampur, the nearest town, 7 km from Rajmahal railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 834001, served by Church Road post office; the LGD village code is 373408. The nearest hospital or health centre is Udhwa Nursing Home, 4 km away. The sarpanch is GANGOTRI DEVI, and the village votes in Sindri assembly constituency, represented by MLA Chandradeo Mahato Alias Bablu Mahato. The population is estimated at 801 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bangaon
- 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
- No
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- RANCHI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 40
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 40
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BURMU
- Total area (ha)
- 357
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 272.27
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bangaon
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Key facts — Bangaon
- LGD code
- 373408
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population (Census 2011)
- 679
- Population (projected 2026)
- 801
- Households
- 129
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1021
- Literacy rate
- 52.4%
- Coordinates
- 24.99709°N, 87.86900°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Dhanbad
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sindri
- Member of Parliament
- Dulu Mahato
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Chandradeo Mahato Alias Bablu Mahato
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- GANGOTRI DEVI
- Block / Mandal
- Burmu
Getting there
How to reach Bangaon
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi318 kmcapital
- Kolkata274 km
- Delhi1131 km
- Hyderabad1289 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationRajmahal7 km
- Hospital / PHCUdhwa Nursing Home4 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil24 km
- CollegeD.N.C. College45 km
- Police stationKaliachak Police Station21 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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