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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Okhargara is a village in Kanke mandal, Ranchi district, Jharkhand with a population of 1,313 in 229 households. The village has a literacy rate of 50.1%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
UJJWAL PAHAN
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- LGD code
- 373467
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population
- 1,313
- Households
- 229
- Literacy rate
- 50.1%
- Sex ratio
- 954 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 464
- Distance to district centre
- 235 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 196 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 183 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 502 km
- Nearest railway station
- Garwa · 5 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Dr. Alok Tiwari · 6 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Okhargara compares
By population, Okhargara ranks #49 of 89 villages in Kanke mandal.
Literacy rate
%
50.1%
−10.1% vs mandal average
- Okhargara
- 50.1%
- Kanke mandal
- 60.2%
- Ranchi district
- 65.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
954
+11 vs mandal average
- Okhargara
- 954
- Kanke mandal
- 943
Household size
people per home
5.7
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Okhargara
- 5.7
- Kanke mandal
- 5.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Okhargara at a glance
Okhargara is a village of 1,313 people in 229 households (Census 2011) in Kanke block, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, the 49th-largest of 89 villages in Kanke block. Literacy is 50%, 10 points below the block average of 60% and the sex ratio is 954 women per 1,000 men. It lies 235 km from the Ranchi district centre, 0 km from Okhargara, the nearest town, 5 km from Garwa railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 834001, served by Church Road post office; the LGD village code is 373467. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dr. Alok Tiwari, 6 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 1,548 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Okhargara
- 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)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 8
- 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)
- 19
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 20
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 15
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KOKDARO
- Total area (ha)
- 498.33
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 17.87
- Forest area (ha)
- 26.5
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Okhargara
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Okhargara
- LGD code
- 373467
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,313
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,548
- Households
- 229
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 954
- Literacy rate
- 50.1%
- Coordinates
- 24.21409°N, 83.78562°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 (190.6 km)
Getting there
How to reach Okhargara
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi183 kmcapital
- Kolkata502 km
- Delhi817 km
- Hyderabad938 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationGarwa5 km
- Hospital / PHCDr. Alok Tiwari6 km
- ATM / bankSBI34 km
- Petrol pumpReliance Petrol Pump7 km
- CollegeYodh Singh Namdhari Mahila Mahavidyalaya34 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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