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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Hethu is a village in Namkum mandal, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, located at 23.308°N, 85.343°E. The village has a college, hospital, police station, and restaurant.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SANDEEP MUNDA
Contact: 78****7007
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- LGD code
- 374012
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population
- 0
- Households
- 0
- Workers
- 0
- Distance to district centre
- 64 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 67 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 5 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 320 km
- Nearest railway station
- Hatia · 4 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Sukriti-Sumiran Hospital · <1 km
Hethu at a glance
Hethu is a revenue village in Namkum block, Ranchi district, Jharkhand. It lies 64 km from the Ranchi district centre, 43 km from Tamar, the nearest town, 4 km from Hatia railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 834001, served by Church Road post office; the LGD village code is 374012. The nearest hospital or health centre is Sukriti-Sumiran Hospital, <1 km away. The sarpanch is SANDEEP MUNDA.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Hethu
- Nearest statutory town
- RANCHI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 13
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 13
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 13
- Total area (ha)
- 203.38
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 6,098.38
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Hethu
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Hethu
- LGD code
- 374012
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population (Census 2011)
- 0
- Households
- 0
- Coordinates
- 23.30836°N, 85.34339°E
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SANDEEP MUNDA
- Block / Mandal
- Namkum
- Nearest police station
- Airport Police Station (0.4 km)
Getting there
How to reach Hethu
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi5 kmcapital
- Kolkata320 km
- Hyderabad972 km
- Delhi1004 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationHatia4 km
- Bus stopITI Bus Stand10 km
- Hospital / PHCSukriti-Sumiran Hospital<1 km
- ATM / bankBank of India3 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum3 km
- CollegeKIM ground5 km
- Police stationAirport Police Station<1 km
Nearest to the village
- Health centre
- Sukriti-Sumiran Hospitalunder 1 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Hethu
1 Church, 7 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Hethu
5 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- 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)