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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
CARMELA KACHHAP
Contact: 88****3353
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- LGD code
- 373967
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population
- 5,936
- Households
- 1,160
- Literacy rate
- 79.2%
- Sex ratio
- 934 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 2,155
- Distance to district centre
- 62 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 65 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 6 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 318 km
- Nearest railway station
- Namkon · 3 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Max Orthopaedic Hospital · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Khijri compares
By population, Khijri ranks #2 of 97 villages in Namkum mandal.
Literacy rate
%
79.2%
+19.3% vs mandal average
- Khijri
- 79.2%
- Namkum mandal
- 59.9%
- Ranchi district
- 65.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
934
−55 vs mandal average
- Khijri
- 934
- Namkum mandal
- 989
Household size
people per home
5.1
Same as the mandal average
- Khijri
- 5.1
- Namkum mandal
- 5.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Khijri at a glance
Khijri is a village of 5,936 people in 1,160 households (Census 2011) in Namkum block, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, the 2nd-largest of 97 villages in Namkum block. Literacy is 79%, 19 points above the block average of 60% and the sex ratio is 934 women per 1,000 men. It lies 62 km from the Ranchi district centre, 42 km from Tamar, the nearest town, 3 km from Namkon railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 834001, served by Church Road post office; the LGD village code is 373967. The nearest hospital or health centre is Max Orthopaedic Hospital, <1 km away. The sarpanch is CARMELA KACHHAP. The population is estimated at 6,999 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Khijri
- 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
- 3
- Middle school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- Yes
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- 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)
- 13
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 13
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 1
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KHIJRI
- Total area (ha)
- 306
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 86.8
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Khijri
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Khijri
- LGD code
- 373967
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population (Census 2011)
- 5,936
- Population (projected 2026)
- 6,999
- Households
- 1,160
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 934
- Literacy rate
- 79.2%
- Coordinates
- 23.32340°N, 85.36494°E
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- CARMELA KACHHAP
- Block / Mandal
- Namkum
Getting there
How to reach Khijri
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi6 kmcapital
- Kolkata318 km
- Hyderabad974 km
- Delhi1005 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationNamkon3 km
- Bus stopITI Bus Stand10 km
- Hospital / PHCMax Orthopaedic Hospital<1 km
- ATM / bankSBI Bank1 km
- Petrol pumpHindustan Petroleum4 km
- CollegeKIM ground5 km
- Police stationAirport Police Station3 km
Nearest to the village
- Health centre
- Max Orthopaedic Hospitalunder 1 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Khijri
7 Temples, 1 Gurudwara mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Khijri
5 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
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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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