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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SAROJ MUNDA
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- LGD code
- 374421
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population
- 1,072
- Households
- 195
- Literacy rate
- 51.7%
- Sex ratio
- 1102 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 539
Census 2011 · in context
How Barkakura compares
By population, Barkakura ranks #20 of 79 villages in Lapung mandal.
Literacy rate
%
51.7%
+1.3% vs mandal average
- Barkakura
- 51.7%
- Lapung mandal
- 50.4%
- Ranchi district
- 65.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,102
+89 vs mandal average
- Barkakura
- 1,102
- Lapung mandal
- 1,013
Household size
people per home
5.5
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Barkakura
- 5.5
- Lapung mandal
- 5.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Barkakura at a glance
Barkakura is a village of 1,072 people in 195 households (Census 2011) in Lapung block, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, the 20th-largest of 79 villages in Lapung block. Literacy is 52%, 1 points above the block average, and the sex ratio is 1,102 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 834001, served by Church Road post office; the LGD village code is 374421. The sarpanch is SAROJ MUNDA, and the village votes in Gomia assembly constituency, represented by Yogendra Prasad. The population is estimated at 1,264 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Barkakura
- LGD code
- 374421
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,072
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,264
- Households
- 195
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1102
- Literacy rate
- 51.7%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Giridih
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Gomia
- Member of Parliament
- Chandra Prakash Choudhary
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Yogendra Prasad
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SAROJ MUNDA
- Block / Mandal
- Lapung
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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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- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)