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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
ARTI ORAON
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- LGD code
- 373513
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population
- 356
- Households
- 74
- Literacy rate
- 61.2%
- Sex ratio
- 924 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 97
Census 2011 · in context
How Ekamba compares
By population, Ekamba ranks #87 of 89 villages in Kanke mandal.
Literacy rate
%
61.2%
+1.0% vs mandal average
- Ekamba
- 61.2%
- Kanke mandal
- 60.2%
- Ranchi district
- 65.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
924
−19 vs mandal average
- Ekamba
- 924
- Kanke mandal
- 943
Household size
people per home
4.8
−0.6 vs mandal average
- Ekamba
- 4.8
- Kanke mandal
- 5.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Ekamba at a glance
Ekamba is a village of 356 people in 74 households (Census 2011) in Kanke block, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, the 87th-largest of 89 villages in Kanke block. Literacy is 61%, 1 points above the block average, and the sex ratio is 924 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 834001, served by Church Road post office; the LGD village code is 373513. The sarpanch is ARTI ORAON, and the village votes in Gomia assembly constituency, represented by Yogendra Prasad. The population is estimated at 420 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Ekamba
- LGD code
- 373513
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population (Census 2011)
- 356
- Population (projected 2026)
- 420
- Households
- 74
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 924
- Literacy rate
- 61.2%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Giridih
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Gomia
- Member of Parliament
- Chandra Prakash Choudhary
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Yogendra Prasad
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- ARTI ORAON
- Block / Mandal
- Kanke
- Nearest railway station
- Jogeswar Bihar (6.6 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
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)