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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Tangar is a village in Chanho mandal, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, with a population of 3,058 across 554 households. It has a literacy rate of 60.6%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
DEVANTI ORAON
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- LGD code
- 374259
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population
- 3,058
- Households
- 554
- Literacy rate
- 60.6%
- Sex ratio
- 956 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,235
- Distance to district centre
- 35 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 35 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 300 km
- Nearest railway station
- Barkipona · 8 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Dr. Jamil Clinic · 9 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Tangar compares
By population, Tangar ranks #8 of 67 villages in Chanho mandal.
Literacy rate
%
60.6%
+4.8% vs mandal average
- Tangar
- 60.6%
- Chanho mandal
- 55.8%
- Ranchi district
- 65.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
956
−24 vs mandal average
- Tangar
- 956
- Chanho mandal
- 980
Household size
people per home
5.5
Same as the mandal average
- Tangar
- 5.5
- Chanho mandal
- 5.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Tangar at a glance
Tangar is a village of 3,058 people in 554 households (Census 2011) in Chanho block, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, the 8th-largest of 67 villages in Chanho block. Literacy is 61%, 5 points above the block average of 56% and the sex ratio is 956 women per 1,000 men. It lies 35 km from the Ranchi district centre, 27 km from Madhupur, the nearest town, 8 km from Barkipona railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 834001, served by Church Road post office; the LGD village code is 374259. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dr. Jamil Clinic, 9 km away. The sarpanch is DEVANTI ORAON, and the village votes in Ramgarh assembly constituency, represented by MLA Mamta Devi. The population is estimated at 3,605 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Tangar
- 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
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 1
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- 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
- RANCHI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 32
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 32
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 5
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- TANGAR
- Total area (ha)
- 325
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 54
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Tangar
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Tangar
- LGD code
- 374259
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population (Census 2011)
- 3,058
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,605
- Households
- 554
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 956
- Literacy rate
- 60.6%
- Coordinates
- 23.50097°N, 85.61118°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Hazaribagh
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Ramgarh
- Member of Parliament
- Manish Jaiswal
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Mamta Devi
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- DEVANTI ORAON
- Block / Mandal
- Chanho
Getting there
How to reach Tangar
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi35 kmcapital
- Kolkata300 km
- Hyderabad1006 km
- Delhi1013 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBarkipona8 km
- Hospital / PHCDr. Jamil Clinic9 km
- ATM / bankUCO Bank20 km
- Petrol pumpHari Bajrangi Fuels4 km
- CollegeSarla Birla University26 km
- Police stationRajrappa Police Station12 km
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Villages near Tangar
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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)