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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Tendar is a village in Kanke mandal, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, with a population of 2,006 across 364 households and a literacy rate of 51.5%. The village has two hospitals and two restaurants.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
PUNAM DEVI
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- LGD code
- 373524
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population
- 2,006
- Households
- 364
- Literacy rate
- 51.5%
- Sex ratio
- 783 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 900
- Distance to district centre
- 73 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 49 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 11 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 333 km
- Nearest railway station
- Piska · 10 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Late ilyas azad hospital · 1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Tendar compares
By population, Tendar ranks #29 of 89 villages in Kanke mandal.
Literacy rate
%
51.5%
−8.7% vs mandal average
- Tendar
- 51.5%
- Kanke mandal
- 60.2%
- Ranchi district
- 65.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
783
−160 vs mandal average
- Tendar
- 783
- Kanke mandal
- 943
Household size
people per home
5.5
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Tendar
- 5.5
- Kanke mandal
- 5.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Tendar at a glance
Tendar is a village of 2,006 people in 364 households (Census 2011) in Kanke block, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, the 29th-largest of 89 villages in Kanke block. Literacy is 52%, 9 points below the block average of 60% and the sex ratio is 783 women per 1,000 men. It lies 73 km from the Ranchi district centre, 48 km from Barkagaon, the nearest town, 10 km from Piska railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 834001, served by Church Road post office; the LGD village code is 373524. The nearest hospital or health centre is Late ilyas azad hospital, 1 km away. The sarpanch is PUNAM DEVI, and the village votes in Gomia assembly constituency, represented by MLA Yogendra Prasad. The population is estimated at 2,365 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Tendar
- 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)
- 12
- Power hours (winter)
- 10
- 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)
- 18
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 18
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 15
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- MANATU
- Total area (ha)
- 425.6
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 10.27
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Tendar
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Tendar
- LGD code
- 373524
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,006
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,365
- Households
- 364
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 783
- Literacy rate
- 51.5%
- Coordinates
- 23.41756°N, 85.24155°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Giridih
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Gomia
- Member of Parliament
- Chandra Prakash Choudhary
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Yogendra Prasad
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- PUNAM DEVI
- Block / Mandal
- Kanke
Getting there
How to reach Tendar
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi11 kmcapital
- Kolkata333 km
- Hyderabad972 km
- Delhi989 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationPiska10 km
- Bus stopITI Bus Stand6 km
- Hospital / PHCLate ilyas azad hospital1 km
- ATM / bankCentral Bank of India1 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil2 km
- CollegeInstitute of Science & Management9 km
- Police stationPandra Police Station5 km
Nearest to the village
- Health centre
- Late ilyas azad hospital1.1 km
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Tendar
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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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