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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Ulidih is a village in Namkum mandal, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, with a population of 1,145 across 227 households and a literacy rate of 53%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
NANHE KACHHAP
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- LGD code
- 374034
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population
- 1,145
- Households
- 227
- Literacy rate
- 53%
- Sex ratio
- 1097 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 738
- Distance to district centre
- 116 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 96 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 121 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 250 km
- Nearest railway station
- Singhpokharia · 17 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Kanki Minor Hospital · 17 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Ulidih compares
By population, Ulidih ranks #34 of 97 villages in Namkum mandal.
Literacy rate
%
53.0%
−6.9% vs mandal average
- Ulidih
- 53.0%
- Namkum mandal
- 59.9%
- Ranchi district
- 65.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,097
+108 vs mandal average
- Ulidih
- 1,097
- Namkum mandal
- 989
Household size
people per home
5.0
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Ulidih
- 5.0
- Namkum mandal
- 5.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Ulidih at a glance
Ulidih is a village of 1,145 people in 227 households (Census 2011) in Namkum block, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, the 34th-largest of 97 villages in Namkum block. Literacy is 53%, 7 points below the block average of 60% and the sex ratio is 1,097 women per 1,000 men. It lies 116 km from the Ranchi district centre, 17 km from Singhpokharia railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 834001, served by Church Road post office; the LGD village code is 374034. The nearest hospital or health centre is Kanki Minor Hospital, 17 km away. The sarpanch is NANHE KACHHAP. The population is estimated at 1,350 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Ulidih
- 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
- 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)
- 28
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 28
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 15
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- HAHAP
- Total area (ha)
- 678
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 103.84
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Ulidih
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Ulidih
- LGD code
- 374034
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,145
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,350
- Households
- 227
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1097
- Literacy rate
- 53.0%
- Coordinates
- 22.42410°N, 85.94000°E
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- NANHE KACHHAP
- Block / Mandal
- Namkum
Getting there
How to reach Ulidih
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi121 kmcapital
- Kolkata250 km
- Hyderabad959 km
- Delhi1113 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationSinghpokharia17 km
- Hospital / PHCKanki Minor Hospital17 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India19 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil Fuel Station20 km
- CollegeCarriage Railway Ground47 km
- Police stationJhikpani Police Station16 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
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)