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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Sigid is a village in Sonahatu mandal, Ranchi district, Jharkhand. With a population of 726 in 169 households, the village has a literacy rate of 56.5%. It is situated at coordinates 23.086°N, 85.595°E.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Sarita Devi
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- LGD code
- 373921
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population
- 726
- Households
- 169
- Literacy rate
- 56.5%
- Sex ratio
- 984 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 414
- Distance to district centre
- 56 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 46 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 41 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 289 km
- Nearest railway station
- Gautamdhara · 29 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Bundu Municipal Hospital · 9 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Sigid compares
By population, Sigid ranks #35 of 64 villages in Sonahatu mandal.
Literacy rate
%
56.5%
+0.2% vs mandal average
- Sigid
- 56.5%
- Sonahatu mandal
- 56.3%
- Ranchi district
- 65.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
984
+10 vs mandal average
- Sigid
- 984
- Sonahatu mandal
- 974
Household size
people per home
4.3
Same as the mandal average
- Sigid
- 4.3
- Sonahatu mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sigid at a glance
Sigid is a village of 726 people in 169 households (Census 2011) in Sonahatu block, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, the 35th-largest of 64 villages in Sonahatu block. Literacy is 57%, about the same as the block average of 56% and the sex ratio is 984 women per 1,000 men. It lies 56 km from the Ranchi district centre, 7 km from Tamar, the nearest town, 29 km from Gautamdhara railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 834001, served by Church Road post office; the LGD village code is 373921. The nearest hospital or health centre is Bundu Municipal Hospital, 9 km away. The sarpanch is Sarita Devi, and the village votes in Ichagarh assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sabita Mahato. The population is estimated at 856 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sigid · this village | 726 | 57% | — |
| Sigid · Erki(Tamar Ii) | 962 | 53% | 0 km N |
| Upar Balalong · Erki(Tamar Ii) | 1,267 | 50% | 0.8 km E |
| Uparganjhari · Erki(Tamar Ii) | 136 | 60% | 1.6 km N |
| Chirudih · Dumka | 1,443 | 44% | 1.6 km W |
| Chirudih · Topchanchi | 999 | 60% | 1.6 km W |
| Chirudih · Gopikandar | 554 | 46% | 1.6 km W |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Sigid
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- Yes
- 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)
- 57
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 73
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 11
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- TELWADIH
- Total area (ha)
- 506
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 2.44
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Key facts — Sigid
- LGD code
- 373921
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population (Census 2011)
- 726
- Population (projected 2026)
- 856
- Households
- 169
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 984
- Literacy rate
- 56.5%
- Coordinates
- 23.08572°N, 85.59523°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Ranchi
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Ichagarh
- Member of Parliament
- Sanjay Seth
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sabita Mahato
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Sarita Devi
- Block / Mandal
- Sonahatu
Getting there
How to reach Sigid
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi41 kmcapital
- Kolkata289 km
- Hyderabad975 km
- Delhi1040 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationGautamdhara29 km
- Hospital / PHCBundu Municipal Hospital9 km
- ATM / bankSBI & ATM32 km
- Petrol pumpJio BP Petroleum28 km
- CollegeKIM ground31 km
- Police stationPolice Station Kharsidag30 km
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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
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)