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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
RS
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
RAMBHAVATI SINGH MUNDA
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- LGD code
- 373768
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population
- 1,872
- Households
- 444
- Literacy rate
- 61.2%
- Sex ratio
- 979 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,000
- Distance to district centre
- 37 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 6 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 50 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 275 km
- Nearest railway station
- Torang · 14 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Verma Clinic & Research Centre · 18 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Loahatu compares
By population, Loahatu ranks #6 of 59 villages in Rahe mandal.
Literacy rate
%
61.2%
+1.7% vs mandal average
- Loahatu
- 61.2%
- Rahe mandal
- 59.5%
- Ranchi district
- 65.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
979
+7 vs mandal average
- Loahatu
- 979
- Rahe mandal
- 972
Household size
people per home
4.2
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Loahatu
- 4.2
- Rahe mandal
- 4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Loahatu at a glance
Loahatu is a village of 1,872 people in 444 households (Census 2011) in Rahe block, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, the 6th-largest of 59 villages in Rahe block. Literacy is 61%, 2 points above the block average of 60% and the sex ratio is 979 women per 1,000 men. It lies 37 km from the Ranchi district centre, 17 km from Kalimati, the nearest town, 14 km from Torang railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 834001, served by Church Road post office; the LGD village code is 373768. The nearest hospital or health centre is Verma Clinic & Research Centre, 18 km away. The sarpanch is RAMBHAVATI SINGH MUNDA, and the village votes in Tamar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Vikas Kumar Munda. The population is estimated at 2,207 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Loahatu
- 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
- 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
- Yes
- 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
- BUNDU
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 22
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 66
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 22
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- LOVAHATU
- Total area (ha)
- 468
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 26.7
- Forest area (ha)
- 30.64
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Loahatu
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Loahatu
- LGD code
- 373768
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,872
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,207
- Households
- 444
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 979
- Literacy rate
- 61.2%
- Coordinates
- 23.18218°N, 85.76426°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Khunti
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Tamar
- Member of Parliament
- Kali Charan Munda
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Vikas Kumar Munda
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- RAMBHAVATI SINGH MUNDA
- Block / Mandal
- Rahe
Getting there
How to reach Loahatu
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi50 kmcapital
- Kolkata275 km
- Hyderabad995 km
- Delhi1047 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationTorang14 km
- Hospital / PHCVerma Clinic & Research Centre18 km
- ATM / bankBank of India40 km
- Petrol pumpJio BP Petroleum37 km
- CollegeSarla Birla University40 km
- Police stationPolice Station Kharsidag40 km
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View all 58+ →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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