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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
NEELAM TIRKEY
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- LGD code
- 373531
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population
- 1,543
- Households
- 295
- Literacy rate
- 71.5%
- Sex ratio
- 946 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 572
Census 2011 · in context
How Banhaura compares
By population, Banhaura ranks #23 of 51 villages in Ratu mandal.
Literacy rate
%
71.5%
+10.6% vs mandal average
- Banhaura
- 71.5%
- Ratu mandal
- 60.9%
- Ranchi district
- 65.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
946
−18 vs mandal average
- Banhaura
- 946
- Ratu mandal
- 964
Household size
people per home
5.2
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Banhaura
- 5.2
- Ratu mandal
- 5.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Banhaura at a glance
Banhaura is a village of 1,543 people in 295 households (Census 2011) in Ratu block, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, the 23rd-largest of 51 villages in Ratu block. Literacy is 72%, 11 points above the block average of 61% and the sex ratio is 946 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 834001, served by Church Road post office; the LGD village code is 373531. The sarpanch is NEELAM TIRKEY. The population is estimated at 1,819 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Banhaura
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 9
- Power hours (winter)
- 10
- Primary school
- 0
- 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
- No
- 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)
- 7
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 7
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 12
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KAMRE
- Total area (ha)
- 86
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 4.4
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Banhaura
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Banhaura
- LGD code
- 373531
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,543
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,819
- Households
- 295
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 946
- Literacy rate
- 71.5%
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- NEELAM TIRKEY
- Block / Mandal
- Ratu
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View all 51+ →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
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