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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
RD
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Rina Devi
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- LGD code
- 373619
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population
- 952
- Households
- 180
- Literacy rate
- 52.5%
- Sex ratio
- 1000 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 428
- Distance to district centre
- 37 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 26 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 30 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 296 km
- Nearest railway station
- Jonha · <1 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- I.T.D.A.Meso Hospital Rinchi,Jonha · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Jidu compares
By population, Jidu ranks #33 of 90 villages in Ormanjhi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
52.5%
−4.2% vs mandal average
- Jidu
- 52.5%
- Ormanjhi mandal
- 56.7%
- Ranchi district
- 65.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,000
+53 vs mandal average
- Jidu
- 1,000
- Ormanjhi mandal
- 947
Household size
people per home
5.3
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Jidu
- 5.3
- Ormanjhi mandal
- 5.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Jidu at a glance
Jidu is a village of 952 people in 180 households (Census 2011) in Ormanjhi block, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, the 33rd-largest of 90 villages in Ormanjhi block. Literacy is 53%, 4 points below the block average of 57% and the sex ratio is 1,000 women per 1,000 men. It lies 37 km from the Ranchi district centre, 29 km from Madhupur, the nearest town, under 1 km from Jonha railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 834001, served by Church Road post office; the LGD village code is 373619. The nearest hospital or health centre is I.T.D.A.Meso Hospital Rinchi,Jonha, 3 km away. The sarpanch is Rina Devi, and the village votes in Ramgarh assembly constituency, represented by MLA Mamta Devi. The population is estimated at 1,122 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Jidu
- 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
- 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)
- 26
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 26
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 5
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- ICHADAG
- Total area (ha)
- 179
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 22.49
- Forest area (ha)
- 11.77
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Jidu
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Jidu
- LGD code
- 373619
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population (Census 2011)
- 952
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,122
- Households
- 180
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1000
- Literacy rate
- 52.5%
- Coordinates
- 23.36357°N, 85.60173°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Hazaribagh
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Ramgarh
- Member of Parliament
- Manish Jaiswal
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Mamta Devi
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Rina Devi
- Block / Mandal
- Ormanjhi
Getting there
How to reach Jidu
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi30 kmcapital
- Kolkata296 km
- Hyderabad996 km
- Delhi1021 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationJonha<1 km
- Hospital / PHCI.T.D.A.Meso Hospital Rinchi,Jonha3 km
- ATM / bankUCO Bank17 km
- Petrol pumpBaxidih Petrol Pump14 km
- CollegeSarla Birla University19 km
- Police stationPolice Station Kharsidag25 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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