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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
PUNAM DEVI
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- LGD code
- 373578
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population
- 2,371
- Households
- 459
- Literacy rate
- 63.3%
- Sex ratio
- 929 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,134
- Distance to district centre
- 10 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 6 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 58 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 273 km
- Nearest railway station
- Barlanga · 3 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Singhpur Hospital · 6 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kuchu compares
By population, Kuchu ranks #8 of 90 villages in Ormanjhi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
63.3%
+6.6% vs mandal average
- Kuchu
- 63.3%
- Ormanjhi mandal
- 56.7%
- Ranchi district
- 65.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
929
−18 vs mandal average
- Kuchu
- 929
- Ormanjhi mandal
- 947
Household size
people per home
5.2
Same as the mandal average
- Kuchu
- 5.2
- Ormanjhi mandal
- 5.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kuchu at a glance
Kuchu is a village of 2,371 people in 459 households (Census 2011) in Ormanjhi block, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, the 8th-largest of 90 villages in Ormanjhi block. Literacy is 63%, 7 points above the block average of 57% and the sex ratio is 929 women per 1,000 men. It lies 10 km from the Ranchi district centre, 2 km from Madhupur, the nearest town, 3 km from Barlanga railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 834001, served by Church Road post office; the LGD village code is 373578. The nearest hospital or health centre is Singhpur Hospital, 6 km away. The sarpanch is PUNAM DEVI, and the village votes in Ramgarh assembly constituency, represented by MLA Mamta Devi. The population is estimated at 2,795 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kuchu
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 2
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 1
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- Yes
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- 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)
- 25
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 25
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 25
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KUCHU
- Total area (ha)
- 466
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 333.63
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kuchu
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kuchu
- LGD code
- 373578
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,371
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,795
- Households
- 459
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 929
- Literacy rate
- 63.3%
- Coordinates
- 23.42820°N, 85.86775°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Hazaribagh
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Ramgarh
- Member of Parliament
- Manish Jaiswal
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Mamta Devi
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- PUNAM DEVI
- Block / Mandal
- Ormanjhi
Getting there
How to reach Kuchu
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi58 kmcapital
- Kolkata273 km
- Hyderabad1021 km
- Delhi1039 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBarlanga3 km
- Hospital / PHCSinghpur Hospital6 km
- Petrol pumpEssar Petrol Pump18 km
- CollegeSarla Birla University47 km
- Police stationRajrappa Police Station27 km
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- 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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