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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
LAKHO ORAON
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- LGD code
- 373483
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population
- 2,183
- Households
- 406
- Literacy rate
- 56.3%
- Sex ratio
- 986 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 804
Census 2011 · in context
How Hethkonki compares
By population, Hethkonki ranks #27 of 89 villages in Kanke mandal.
Literacy rate
%
56.3%
−3.9% vs mandal average
- Hethkonki
- 56.3%
- Kanke mandal
- 60.2%
- Ranchi district
- 65.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
986
+43 vs mandal average
- Hethkonki
- 986
- Kanke mandal
- 943
Household size
people per home
5.4
Same as the mandal average
- Hethkonki
- 5.4
- Kanke mandal
- 5.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Hethkonki at a glance
Hethkonki is a village of 2,183 people in 406 households (Census 2011) in Kanke block, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, the 27th-largest of 89 villages in Kanke block. Literacy is 56%, 4 points below the block average of 60% and the sex ratio is 986 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 834001, served by Church Road post office; the LGD village code is 373483. The sarpanch is LAKHO ORAON, and the village votes in Gomia assembly constituency, represented by MLA Yogendra Prasad. The population is estimated at 2,574 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Hethkonki
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 14
- Power hours (winter)
- 6
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- 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)
- 19
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 18
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 10
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- NUCHAPIRI
- Total area (ha)
- 257.57
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 34.72
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Hethkonki
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Hethkonki
- LGD code
- 373483
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,183
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,574
- Households
- 406
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 986
- Literacy rate
- 56.3%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Giridih
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Gomia
- Member of Parliament
- Chandra Prakash Choudhary
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Yogendra Prasad
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- LAKHO ORAON
- Block / Mandal
- Kanke
- Nearest railway station
- Jogeswar Bihar (6.6 km)
Same pincode
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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)