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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
DURGA ORAON
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- LGD code
- 374453
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population
- 1,076
- Households
- 181
- Literacy rate
- 44.4%
- Sex ratio
- 1065 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 461
Census 2011 · in context
How Sakarpur compares
By population, Sakarpur ranks #18 of 79 villages in Lapung mandal.
Literacy rate
%
44.4%
−6.0% vs mandal average
- Sakarpur
- 44.4%
- Lapung mandal
- 50.4%
- Ranchi district
- 65.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,065
+52 vs mandal average
- Sakarpur
- 1,065
- Lapung mandal
- 1,013
Household size
people per home
5.9
+0.6 vs mandal average
- Sakarpur
- 5.9
- Lapung mandal
- 5.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sakarpur at a glance
Sakarpur is a village of 1,076 people in 181 households (Census 2011) in Lapung block, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, the 18th-largest of 79 villages in Lapung block. Literacy is 44%, 6 points below the block average of 50% and the sex ratio is 1,065 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 834001, served by Church Road post office; the LGD village code is 374453. The sarpanch is DURGA ORAON, and the village votes in Gomia assembly constituency, represented by MLA Yogendra Prasad. The population is estimated at 1,269 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Sakarpur
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- 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
- Yes
- 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)
- 55
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 66
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 15
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- DEVGAON
- Total area (ha)
- 492.53
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 35.56
- Forest area (ha)
- 187.69
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Sakarpur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Sakarpur
- LGD code
- 374453
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,076
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,269
- Households
- 181
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1065
- Literacy rate
- 44.4%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Giridih
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Gomia
- Member of Parliament
- Chandra Prakash Choudhary
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Yogendra Prasad
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- DURGA ORAON
- 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
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)