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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
NILMANI TIRKEY
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- LGD code
- 373984
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population
- 1,158
- Households
- 197
- Literacy rate
- 65.1%
- Sex ratio
- 886 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 330
- Distance to district centre
- 69 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 66 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 22 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 314 km
- Nearest railway station
- Balasiring · 15 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Ramkrishna Mission T.B. Sanatorium Hospital · 12 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Siladon compares
By population, Siladon ranks #32 of 97 villages in Namkum mandal.
Literacy rate
%
65.1%
+5.2% vs mandal average
- Siladon
- 65.1%
- Namkum mandal
- 59.9%
- Ranchi district
- 65.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
886
−103 vs mandal average
- Siladon
- 886
- Namkum mandal
- 989
Household size
people per home
5.9
+0.8 vs mandal average
- Siladon
- 5.9
- Namkum mandal
- 5.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Siladon at a glance
Siladon is a village of 1,158 people in 197 households (Census 2011) in Namkum block, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, the 32nd-largest of 97 villages in Namkum block. Literacy is 65%, 5 points above the block average of 60% and the sex ratio is 886 women per 1,000 men. It lies 69 km from the Ranchi district centre, 32 km from Tamar, the nearest town, 15 km from Balasiring railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 834001, served by Church Road post office; the LGD village code is 373984. The nearest hospital or health centre is Ramkrishna Mission T.B. Sanatorium Hospital, 12 km away. The sarpanch is NILMANI TIRKEY. The population is estimated at 1,365 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Siladon
- 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
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- 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)
- 19
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 19
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 20
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- HARDAG
- Total area (ha)
- 95
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 3.8
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Siladon
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Siladon
- LGD code
- 373984
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,158
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,365
- Households
- 197
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 886
- Literacy rate
- 65.1%
- Coordinates
- 23.15267°N, 85.36571°E
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- NILMANI TIRKEY
- Block / Mandal
- Namkum
Getting there
How to reach Siladon
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi22 kmcapital
- Kolkata314 km
- Hyderabad962 km
- Delhi1017 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBalasiring15 km
- Bus stopMurhu Bus Stop.22 km
- Hospital / PHCRamkrishna Mission T.B. Sanatorium Hospital12 km
- ATM / bankSBI & ATM13 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil12 km
- CollegeBirsa College13 km
- Police stationKhunti Police Station12 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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