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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
UJJWAL PAHAN
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- LGD code
- 373489
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population
- 788
- Households
- 145
- Literacy rate
- 54.3%
- Sex ratio
- 890 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 229
- Distance to district centre
- 79 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 84 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 44 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 306 km
- Nearest railway station
- Karra · 34 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- S.G.V.S Hospital & Research Centre · 15 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Khatanga compares
By population, Khatanga ranks #70 of 89 villages in Kanke mandal.
Literacy rate
%
54.3%
−5.9% vs mandal average
- Khatanga
- 54.3%
- Kanke mandal
- 60.2%
- Ranchi district
- 65.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
890
−53 vs mandal average
- Khatanga
- 890
- Kanke mandal
- 943
Household size
people per home
5.4
Same as the mandal average
- Khatanga
- 5.4
- Kanke mandal
- 5.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Khatanga at a glance
Khatanga is a village of 788 people in 145 households (Census 2011) in Kanke block, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, the 70th-largest of 89 villages in Kanke block. Literacy is 54%, 6 points below the block average of 60% and the sex ratio is 890 women per 1,000 men. It lies 79 km from the Ranchi district centre, 27 km from Tamar, the nearest town, 34 km from Karra railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 834001, served by Church Road post office; the LGD village code is 373489. The nearest hospital or health centre is S.G.V.S Hospital & Research Centre, 15 km away. The sarpanch is UJJWAL PAHAN, and the village votes in Gomia assembly constituency, represented by MLA Yogendra Prasad. The population is estimated at 929 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Khatanga
- 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
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 5
- Power hours (winter)
- 6
- 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
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- RANCHI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 13
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 16
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 12
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KOKDORO
- Total area (ha)
- 246.35
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 12.78
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Khatanga
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Key facts — Khatanga
- LGD code
- 373489
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population (Census 2011)
- 788
- Population (projected 2026)
- 929
- Households
- 145
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 890
- Literacy rate
- 54.3%
- Coordinates
- 22.96075°N, 85.41250°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Giridih
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Gomia
- Member of Parliament
- Chandra Prakash Choudhary
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Yogendra Prasad
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- UJJWAL PAHAN
- Block / Mandal
- Kanke
- Nearest railway station
- Chainpur (87.0 km)
Getting there
How to reach Khatanga
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi44 kmcapital
- Kolkata306 km
- Hyderabad952 km
- Delhi1034 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKarra34 km
- Bus stopMurhu Bus Stop.13 km
- Hospital / PHCS.G.V.S Hospital & Research Centre15 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India13 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil34 km
- CollegeBirsa College17 km
- Police stationMurhu Police Station14 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
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