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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
KRISHNA LOHRA
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- LGD code
- 373964
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population
- 4,215
- Households
- 795
- Literacy rate
- 52.8%
- Sex ratio
- 1036 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 2,229
- Distance to district centre
- 176 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 179 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 242 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 173 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kunuri · 5 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Puranagram Hospital · 6 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Baram compares
By population, Baram ranks #5 of 97 villages in Namkum mandal.
Literacy rate
%
52.8%
−7.1% vs mandal average
- Baram
- 52.8%
- Namkum mandal
- 59.9%
- Ranchi district
- 65.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,036
+47 vs mandal average
- Baram
- 1,036
- Namkum mandal
- 989
Household size
people per home
5.3
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Baram
- 5.3
- Namkum mandal
- 5.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Baram at a glance
Baram is a village of 4,215 people in 795 households (Census 2011) in Namkum block, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, the 5th-largest of 97 villages in Namkum block. Literacy is 53%, 7 points below the block average of 60% and the sex ratio is 1,036 women per 1,000 men. It lies 176 km from the Ranchi district centre, 18 km from Mayureswar, the nearest town, 5 km from Kunuri railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 834001, served by Church Road post office; the LGD village code is 373964. The nearest hospital or health centre is Puranagram Hospital, 6 km away. The sarpanch is KRISHNA LOHRA. The population is estimated at 4,969 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Baram
- 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
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 2
- 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)
- 12
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 10
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 6
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 1,068.34
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 37.04
- Forest area (ha)
- 308.98
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Baram
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Baram
- LGD code
- 373964
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population (Census 2011)
- 4,215
- Population (projected 2026)
- 4,969
- Households
- 795
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1036
- Literacy rate
- 52.8%
- Coordinates
- 23.95448°N, 87.59418°E
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- KRISHNA LOHRA
- Block / Mandal
- Namkum
Getting there
How to reach Baram
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi242 kmcapital
- Kolkata173 km
- Delhi1157 km
- Hyderabad1196 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKunuri5 km
- Hospital / PHCPuranagram Hospital6 km
- ATM / bankUCO Bank9 km
- Petrol pumpTibriwala Petrol Pump9 km
- CollegeVisva-Bharati University32 km
- Police stationUkhra Out Post49 km
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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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