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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
GD
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
GUDDI DEVI
Contact: 72****3355
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- LGD code
- 373901
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population
- 1,197
- Households
- 287
- Literacy rate
- 51%
- Sex ratio
- 1012 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 680
Census 2011 · in context
How Mahil compares
By population, Mahil ranks #18 of 64 villages in Sonahatu mandal.
Literacy rate
%
51.0%
−5.3% vs mandal average
- Mahil
- 51.0%
- Sonahatu mandal
- 56.3%
- Ranchi district
- 65.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,012
+38 vs mandal average
- Mahil
- 1,012
- Sonahatu mandal
- 974
Household size
people per home
4.2
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Mahil
- 4.2
- Sonahatu mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Mahil at a glance
Mahil is a village of 1,197 people in 287 households (Census 2011) in Sonahatu block, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, the 18th-largest of 64 villages in Sonahatu block. Literacy is 51%, 5 points below the block average of 56% and the sex ratio is 1,012 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 834001, served by Church Road post office; the LGD village code is 373901. The sarpanch is GUDDI DEVI, and the village votes in Ichagarh assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sabita Mahato. The population is estimated at 1,411 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Pandadih →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mahil · this village | 1,197 | 51% | — |
| Buruhatu Sundrup · Sonahatu | 945 | 62% | — |
| Pandadih · Sonahatu | 829 | 63% | — |
| Rugri · Sonahatu | 703 | 44% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Mahil
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- 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
- 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
- BUNDU
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 30
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 70
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 16
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- PANDADIH
- Total area (ha)
- 471
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 25.68
- Forest area (ha)
- 50.32
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Mahil
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Mahil
- LGD code
- 373901
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,197
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,411
- Households
- 287
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1012
- Literacy rate
- 51.0%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Ranchi
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Ichagarh
- Member of Parliament
- Sanjay Seth
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sabita Mahato
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- GUDDI DEVI
- Block / Mandal
- Sonahatu
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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
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