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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
AJAY ORAON
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- LGD code
- 373495
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population
- 1,785
- Households
- 333
- Literacy rate
- 50.1%
- Sex ratio
- 966 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 624
- Distance to district centre
- 232 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 240 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 289 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 283 km
- Nearest railway station
- Tinpahar Junction · 23 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- CHC, Boarijore · 8 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kumhariya compares
By population, Kumhariya ranks #34 of 89 villages in Kanke mandal.
Literacy rate
%
50.1%
−10.1% vs mandal average
- Kumhariya
- 50.1%
- Kanke mandal
- 60.2%
- Ranchi district
- 65.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
966
+23 vs mandal average
- Kumhariya
- 966
- Kanke mandal
- 943
Household size
people per home
5.4
Same as the mandal average
- Kumhariya
- 5.4
- Kanke mandal
- 5.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kumhariya at a glance
Kumhariya is a village of 1,785 people in 333 households (Census 2011) in Kanke block, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, the 34th-largest of 89 villages in Kanke block. Literacy is 50%, 10 points below the block average of 60% and the sex ratio is 966 women per 1,000 men. It lies 232 km from the Ranchi district centre, 6 km from Majhua, the nearest town, 23 km from Tinpahar Junction railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 834001, served by Church Road post office; the LGD village code is 373495. The nearest hospital or health centre is CHC, Boarijore, 8 km away. The sarpanch is AJAY ORAON, and the village votes in Gomia assembly constituency, represented by MLA Yogendra Prasad. The population is estimated at 2,105 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kumhariya
- 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)
- 8
- Power hours (winter)
- 14
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- 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
- 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)
- 20
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 20
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 10
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- SATHKANADU
- Total area (ha)
- 509.59
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 161.14
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kumhariya
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Key facts — Kumhariya
- LGD code
- 373495
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,785
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,105
- Households
- 333
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 966
- Literacy rate
- 50.1%
- Coordinates
- 24.99334°N, 87.51442°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Giridih
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Gomia
- Member of Parliament
- Chandra Prakash Choudhary
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Yogendra Prasad
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- AJAY ORAON
- Block / Mandal
- Kanke
- Nearest railway station
- Jogeswar Bihar (236.2 km)
Getting there
How to reach Kumhariya
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi289 kmcapital
- Kolkata283 km
- Delhi1099 km
- Hyderabad1261 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationTinpahar Junction23 km
- Hospital / PHCCHC, Boarijore8 km
- CollegeBCE Bhagalpur56 km
- Police stationKaliachak Police Station53 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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