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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Rangadih is a small village in Sonahatu mandal, Ranchi district, Jharkhand with only 86 residents in 24 households. The village has a literacy rate of 55.8% and is located at 23.515°N, 86.148°E.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SAWNA BANS MAHLI
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- LGD code
- 373948
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population
- 86
- Households
- 24
- Literacy rate
- 55.8%
- Sex ratio
- 1457 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 47
- Distance to district centre
- 21 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 48 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 88 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 250 km
- Nearest railway station
- Pundhag · 6 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital,Tupra · 9 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Rangadih compares
By population, Rangadih ranks #64 of 64 villages in Sonahatu mandal — the smallest.
Literacy rate
%
55.8%
−0.5% vs mandal average
- Rangadih
- 55.8%
- Sonahatu mandal
- 56.3%
- Ranchi district
- 65.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,457
+483 vs mandal average
- Rangadih
- 1,457
- Sonahatu mandal
- 974
Household size
people per home
3.6
−0.7 vs mandal average
- Rangadih
- 3.6
- Sonahatu mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Rangadih at a glance
Rangadih is a village of 86 people in 24 households (Census 2011) in Sonahatu block, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, the 64th-largest of 64 villages in Sonahatu block. Literacy is 56%, about the same as the block average of 56% and the sex ratio is 1,457 women per 1,000 men. It lies 21 km from the Ranchi district centre, 27 km from Ghatiali, the nearest town, 6 km from Pundhag railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 834001, served by Church Road post office; the LGD village code is 373948. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital,Tupra, 9 km away. The sarpanch is SAWNA BANS MAHLI, and the village votes in Ichagarh assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sabita Mahato. The population is estimated at 1,416 in 2026, up 1547% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Rangadih
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- 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
- 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
- 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)
- 46
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 46
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 219
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Rangadih
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Rangadih
- LGD code
- 373948
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population (Census 2011)
- 86
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,416
- Households
- 24
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1457
- Literacy rate
- 55.8%
- Coordinates
- 23.51550°N, 86.14835°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Ranchi
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Ichagarh
- Member of Parliament
- Sanjay Seth
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sabita Mahato
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SAWNA BANS MAHLI
- Block / Mandal
- Sonahatu
Getting there
How to reach Rangadih
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi88 kmcapital
- Kolkata250 km
- Hyderabad1049 km
- Delhi1057 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationPundhag6 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital,Tupra9 km
- ATM / bankSBI ATM16 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil12 km
- CollegeSidho-Kanho-Birsha University26 km
- Police stationBarora Police Station34 km
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Rangadih
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- 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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