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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Pundag is a village in Nagri mandal, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, with a population of 2,285 and 425 households. It has the highest literacy rate among the group at 66.1%, and is located at 23.521°N, 86.086°E under PIN 834001.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
MANGAL ORAON
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- LGD code
- 374133
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population
- 2,285
- Households
- 425
- Literacy rate
- 66.1%
- Sex ratio
- 932 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 835
- Distance to district centre
- 15 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 19 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 82 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 256 km
- Nearest railway station
- Pundhag · 1 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Maa Sharda Charitable Hospital and Research Centre · 13 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Pundag compares
By population, Pundag ranks #8 of 45 villages in Nagri mandal.
Literacy rate
%
66.1%
+5.8% vs mandal average
- Pundag
- 66.1%
- Nagri mandal
- 60.3%
- Ranchi district
- 65.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
932
−51 vs mandal average
- Pundag
- 932
- Nagri mandal
- 983
Household size
people per home
5.4
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Pundag
- 5.4
- Nagri mandal
- 5.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pundag at a glance
Pundag is a village of 2,285 people in 425 households (Census 2011) in Nagri block, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, the 8th-largest of 45 villages in Nagri block. Literacy is 66%, 6 points above the block average of 60% and the sex ratio is 932 women per 1,000 men. It lies 15 km from the Ranchi district centre, 23 km from Madhupur, the nearest town, 1 km from Pundhag railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 834001, served by Church Road post office; the LGD village code is 374133. The nearest hospital or health centre is Maa Sharda Charitable Hospital and Research Centre, 13 km away. The sarpanch is MANGAL ORAON, and the village votes in Gomia assembly constituency, represented by MLA Yogendra Prasad. The population is estimated at 1,948 in 2026, down 15% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Pundag
- 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
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 1
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- 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)
- 10
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 10
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- PUNDAG
- Total area (ha)
- 503
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Pundag
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Key facts — Pundag
- LGD code
- 374133
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,285
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,948
- Households
- 425
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 932
- Literacy rate
- 66.1%
- Coordinates
- 23.52067°N, 86.08617°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Giridih
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Gomia
- Member of Parliament
- Chandra Prakash Choudhary
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Yogendra Prasad
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- MANGAL ORAON
- Block / Mandal
- Nagri
Getting there
How to reach Pundag
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi82 kmcapital
- Kolkata256 km
- Hyderabad1045 km
- Delhi1052 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationPundhag1 km
- Hospital / PHCMaa Sharda Charitable Hospital and Research Centre13 km
- ATM / bankSBI ATM18 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil15 km
- CollegeSidho-Kanho-Birsha University31 km
- Police stationBarora Police Station36 km
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Pundag
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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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