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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Rukka is located in Ormanjhi mandal, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, with a population of 1,907 in 329 households. The village has a literacy rate of 61.6%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SABITA DEVI
Contact: 62****3556
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- LGD code
- 373596
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population
- 1,907
- Households
- 329
- Literacy rate
- 61.6%
- Sex ratio
- 894 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 500
- Distance to district centre
- 16 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 4 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 51 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 282 km
- Nearest railway station
- Sondimra · <1 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Bharat Mata Hospital · 12 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Rukka compares
By population, Rukka ranks #12 of 90 villages in Ormanjhi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
61.6%
+4.9% vs mandal average
- Rukka
- 61.6%
- Ormanjhi mandal
- 56.7%
- Ranchi district
- 65.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
894
−53 vs mandal average
- Rukka
- 894
- Ormanjhi mandal
- 947
Household size
people per home
5.8
+0.6 vs mandal average
- Rukka
- 5.8
- Ormanjhi mandal
- 5.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Rukka at a glance
Rukka is a village of 1,907 people in 329 households (Census 2011) in Ormanjhi block, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, the 12th-largest of 90 villages in Ormanjhi block. Literacy is 62%, 5 points above the block average of 57% and the sex ratio is 894 women per 1,000 men. It lies 16 km from the Ranchi district centre, 9 km from Madhupur, the nearest town, under 1 km from Sondimra railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 834001, served by Church Road post office; the LGD village code is 373596. The nearest hospital or health centre is Bharat Mata Hospital, 12 km away. The sarpanch is SABITA DEVI, and the village votes in Ramgarh assembly constituency, represented by MLA Mamta Devi. The population is estimated at 2,248 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Rukka
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- 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
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- 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
- Yes
- 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)
- 8
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KARMA
- Total area (ha)
- 462
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 50.87
- Forest area (ha)
- 206.63
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Rukka
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Rukka
- LGD code
- 373596
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,907
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,248
- Households
- 329
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 894
- Literacy rate
- 61.6%
- Coordinates
- 23.46921°N, 85.79084°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Hazaribagh
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Ramgarh
- Member of Parliament
- Manish Jaiswal
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Mamta Devi
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SABITA DEVI
- Block / Mandal
- Ormanjhi
Getting there
How to reach Rukka
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi51 kmcapital
- Kolkata282 km
- Hyderabad1018 km
- Delhi1030 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationSondimra<1 km
- Hospital / PHCBharat Mata Hospital12 km
- ATM / bankUCO Bank36 km
- Petrol pumpKamdhenu Fuelx10 km
- CollegeSarla Birla University41 km
- Police stationRajrappa Police Station18 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Rukka
2 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 834001
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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
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)