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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Chakla is a village in Ormanjhi mandal, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, with a population of 3,450 across 647 households. The village has a literacy rate of 63.1%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SHIVNATH MUNDA
Contact: 80****9813
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- LGD code
- 373597
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population
- 3,450
- Households
- 647
- Literacy rate
- 63.1%
- Sex ratio
- 896 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,221
- Distance to district centre
- 196 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 205 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 236 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 130 km
- Nearest railway station
- Belda · 16 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Keshiary Rural Hospital · 4 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Chakla compares
By population, Chakla ranks #3 of 90 villages in Ormanjhi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
63.1%
+6.4% vs mandal average
- Chakla
- 63.1%
- Ormanjhi mandal
- 56.7%
- Ranchi district
- 65.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
896
−51 vs mandal average
- Chakla
- 896
- Ormanjhi mandal
- 947
Household size
people per home
5.3
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Chakla
- 5.3
- Ormanjhi mandal
- 5.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chakla at a glance
Chakla is a village of 3,450 people in 647 households (Census 2011) in Ormanjhi block, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, the 3rd-largest of 90 villages in Ormanjhi block. Literacy is 63%, 6 points above the block average of 57% and the sex ratio is 896 women per 1,000 men. It lies 196 km from the Ranchi district centre, 28 km from Sabra, the nearest town, 16 km from Belda railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 834001, served by Church Road post office; the LGD village code is 373597. The nearest hospital or health centre is Keshiary Rural Hospital, 4 km away. The sarpanch is SHIVNATH MUNDA, and the village votes in Ramgarh assembly constituency, represented by MLA Mamta Devi. The population is estimated at 1,342 in 2026, down 61% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Chakla
- 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
- 2
- 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
- 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
- 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)
- 20
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 20
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 2
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- CHAKLA
- Total area (ha)
- 722.76
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 44.99
- Forest area (ha)
- 96.86
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Chakla
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Chakla
- LGD code
- 373597
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population (Census 2011)
- 3,450
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,342
- Households
- 647
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 896
- Literacy rate
- 63.1%
- Coordinates
- 22.12684°N, 87.19319°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Hazaribagh
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Ramgarh
- Member of Parliament
- Manish Jaiswal
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Mamta Devi
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SHIVNATH MUNDA
- Block / Mandal
- Ormanjhi
Getting there
How to reach Chakla
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi236 kmcapital
- Kolkata130 km
- Hyderabad1052 km
- Delhi1235 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBelda16 km
- Hospital / PHCKeshiary Rural Hospital4 km
- ATM / bankAxis Bank24 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum27 km
- CollegeDepartment of Humanities and Social Science24 km
- Police stationHijli TOP Police Station24 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Chakla
3 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
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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)