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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
AHILYA DEVI
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- LGD code
- 374069
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population
- 948
- Households
- 184
- Literacy rate
- 45%
- Sex ratio
- 979 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 385
Census 2011 · in context
How Murchu compares
By population, Murchu ranks #34 of 51 villages in Ratu mandal.
Literacy rate
%
45.0%
−15.9% vs mandal average
- Murchu
- 45.0%
- Ratu mandal
- 60.9%
- Ranchi district
- 65.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
979
+15 vs mandal average
- Murchu
- 979
- Ratu mandal
- 964
Household size
people per home
5.2
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Murchu
- 5.2
- Ratu mandal
- 5.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Murchu at a glance
Murchu is a village of 948 people in 184 households (Census 2011) in Ratu block, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, the 34th-largest of 51 villages in Ratu block. Literacy is 45%, 16 points below the block average, and the sex ratio is 979 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 834001, served by Church Road post office; the LGD village code is 374069. The sarpanch is AHILYA DEVI. The population is estimated at 1,118 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Tarup →
Key facts — Murchu
- LGD code
- 374069
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population (Census 2011)
- 948
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,118
- Households
- 184
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 979
- Literacy rate
- 45.0%
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- AHILYA DEVI
- 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
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)