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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SUNIL ORAON
Contact: 93****4456
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- LGD code
- 373569
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population
- 1,488
- Households
- 286
- Literacy rate
- 51.7%
- Sex ratio
- 940 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 394
- 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 Sadma compares
By population, Sadma ranks #19 of 90 villages in Ormanjhi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
51.7%
−5.0% vs mandal average
- Sadma
- 51.7%
- Ormanjhi mandal
- 56.7%
- Ranchi district
- 65.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
940
−7 vs mandal average
- Sadma
- 940
- Ormanjhi mandal
- 947
Household size
people per home
5.2
Same as the mandal average
- Sadma
- 5.2
- Ormanjhi mandal
- 5.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sadma at a glance
Sadma is a village of 1,488 people in 286 households (Census 2011) in Ormanjhi block, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, the 19th-largest of 90 villages in Ormanjhi block. Literacy is 52%, 5 points below the block average of 57% and the sex ratio is 940 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 373569. The nearest hospital or health centre is Bharat Mata Hospital, 12 km away. The sarpanch is SUNIL ORAON, and the village votes in Ramgarh assembly constituency, represented by MLA Mamta Devi. The population is estimated at 1,754 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Sadma
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- 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
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- Yes
- 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)
- 22
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 22
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 581.21
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 8.09
- Forest area (ha)
- 349.45
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Sadma
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Sadma
- LGD code
- 373569
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,488
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,754
- Households
- 286
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 940
- Literacy rate
- 51.7%
- 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
- SUNIL ORAON
- Block / Mandal
- Ormanjhi
Getting there
How to reach Sadma
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 Sadma
2 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Same pincode
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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)