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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
KAJAL DEVI
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- LGD code
- 373556
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population
- 3,443
- Households
- 716
- Literacy rate
- 54.7%
- Sex ratio
- 996 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,060
- Distance to district centre
- 55 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 39 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 12 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 316 km
- Nearest railway station
- Mesra · 3 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Vikas Vatika Hospital · 2 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Sugnu compares
By population, Sugnu ranks #14 of 89 villages in Kanke mandal.
Literacy rate
%
54.7%
−5.5% vs mandal average
- Sugnu
- 54.7%
- Kanke mandal
- 60.2%
- Ranchi district
- 65.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
996
+53 vs mandal average
- Sugnu
- 996
- Kanke mandal
- 943
Household size
people per home
4.8
−0.6 vs mandal average
- Sugnu
- 4.8
- Kanke mandal
- 5.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sugnu at a glance
Sugnu is a village of 3,443 people in 716 households (Census 2011) in Kanke block, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, the 14th-largest of 89 villages in Kanke block. Literacy is 55%, 6 points below the block average, and the sex ratio is 996 women per 1,000 men. It lies 55 km from the Ranchi district centre, 46 km from Tamar, the nearest town, 3 km from Mesra railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 834001, served by Church Road post office; the LGD village code is 373556. The nearest hospital or health centre is Vikas Vatika Hospital, 2 km away. The sarpanch is KAJAL DEVI, and the village votes in Gomia assembly constituency, represented by Yogendra Prasad.
Gram panchayat: Dumardaga →
Key facts — Sugnu
- LGD code
- 373556
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population (Census 2011)
- 3,443
- Population (projected 2026)
- 4,059
- Households
- 716
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 996
- Literacy rate
- 54.7%
- Coordinates
- 23.39774°N, 85.41361°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Giridih
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Gomia
- Member of Parliament
- Chandra Prakash Choudhary
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Yogendra Prasad
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- KAJAL DEVI
- Block / Mandal
- Kanke
- Nearest bank
- State Bank of India (3.2 km)
- Nearest railway station
- Mesra (2.8 km)
Getting there
How to reach Sugnu
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi12 kmcapital
- Kolkata316 km
- Hyderabad984 km
- Delhi1004 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationMesra3 km
- Bus stopITI Bus Stand14 km
- Hospital / PHCVikas Vatika Hospital2 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India3 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum2 km
- CollegeSarla Birla University6 km
- Police stationBariatu Thana7 km
Nearest to the village
- Railway station
- Mesra2.8 km
- Bank / ATM
- State Bank of India3.2 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Sugnu
3 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 834001
Villages near Sugnu
Other villages in Kanke mandal
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)