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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Sohanti Ekka
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- LGD code
- 374169
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population
- 2,163
- Households
- 398
- Literacy rate
- 43.9%
- Sex ratio
- 940 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,105
Census 2011 · in context
How Chatwal compares
By population, Chatwal ranks #26 of 69 villages in Mandar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
43.9%
−13.4% vs mandal average
- Chatwal
- 43.9%
- Mandar mandal
- 57.3%
- Ranchi district
- 65.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
940
−34 vs mandal average
- Chatwal
- 940
- Mandar mandal
- 974
Household size
people per home
5.4
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Chatwal
- 5.4
- Mandar mandal
- 5.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chatwal at a glance
Chatwal is a village of 2,163 people in 398 households (Census 2011) in Mandar block, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, the 26th-largest of 69 villages in Mandar block. Literacy is 44%, 13 points below the block average, and the sex ratio is 940 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 834001, served by Church Road post office; the LGD village code is 374169. The sarpanch is Sohanti Ekka, and the village votes in Barkagaon assembly constituency, represented by Roshan Lal Choudhary. The population is estimated at 2,550 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Chatwal
- LGD code
- 374169
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,163
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,550
- Households
- 398
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 940
- Literacy rate
- 43.9%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Hazaribagh
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Barkagaon
- Member of Parliament
- Manish Jaiswal
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Roshan Lal Choudhary
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Sohanti Ekka
- Block / Mandal
- Mandar
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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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