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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
ARTI DEVI
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- LGD code
- 374000
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population
- 545
- Households
- 121
- Literacy rate
- 40.7%
- Sex ratio
- 933 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 392
Census 2011 · in context
How Tunju compares
By population, Tunju ranks #68 of 97 villages in Namkum mandal.
Literacy rate
%
40.7%
−19.2% vs mandal average
- Tunju
- 40.7%
- Namkum mandal
- 59.9%
- Ranchi district
- 65.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
933
−56 vs mandal average
- Tunju
- 933
- Namkum mandal
- 989
Household size
people per home
4.5
−0.6 vs mandal average
- Tunju
- 4.5
- Namkum mandal
- 5.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Tunju at a glance
Tunju is a village of 545 people in 121 households (Census 2011) in Namkum block, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, the 68th-largest of 97 villages in Namkum block. Literacy is 41%, 19 points below the block average, and the sex ratio is 933 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 834001, served by Church Road post office; the LGD village code is 374000. The sarpanch is ARTI DEVI.
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Key facts — Tunju
- LGD code
- 374000
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population (Census 2011)
- 545
- Population (projected 2026)
- 643
- Households
- 121
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 933
- Literacy rate
- 40.7%
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- ARTI DEVI
- Block / Mandal
- Namkum
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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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