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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Tetla is a village in Sonahatu mandal, Ranchi district, Jharkhand with a population of 2,459 across 557 households. The village has a literacy rate of 55.6% and is positioned at coordinates 23.027°N, 86.619°E.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
DINBANDHU SINGH MUNDA
Contact: 62****7913
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- LGD code
- 373938
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population
- 2,459
- Households
- 557
- Literacy rate
- 55.6%
- Sex ratio
- 935 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,058
- Distance to district centre
- 84 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 60 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 138 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 186 km
- Nearest railway station
- Tamna railway station · 38 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Basantapur Hospital · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Tetla compares
By population, Tetla ranks #8 of 64 villages in Sonahatu mandal.
Literacy rate
%
55.6%
−0.7% vs mandal average
- Tetla
- 55.6%
- Sonahatu mandal
- 56.3%
- Ranchi district
- 65.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
935
−39 vs mandal average
- Tetla
- 935
- Sonahatu mandal
- 974
Household size
people per home
4.4
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Tetla
- 4.4
- Sonahatu mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Tetla at a glance
Tetla is a village of 2,459 people in 557 households (Census 2011) in Sonahatu block, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, the 8th-largest of 64 villages in Sonahatu block. Literacy is 56%, about the same as the block average of 56% and the sex ratio is 935 women per 1,000 men. It lies 84 km from the Ranchi district centre, 52 km from Aguri Band Punisol, the nearest town, 38 km from Tamna railway station railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 834001, served by Church Road post office; the LGD village code is 373938. The nearest hospital or health centre is Basantapur Hospital, 7 km away. The sarpanch is DINBANDHU SINGH MUNDA, and the village votes in Ichagarh assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sabita Mahato. The population is estimated at 853 in 2026, down 65% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tetla · this village | 2,459 | 56% | — |
| Tetla · Potka | 1,899 | 51% | 0 km N |
| Tetla · Potka | 1,129 | 43% | 0 km N |
| Ichadi · Manbazar - I | 607 | 43% | 0.8 km SE |
| Pialisol · Manbazar - I | 1,170 | 55% | 1.6 km N |
| Chholagora · Ghatshila | 137 | 51% | 1.8 km W |
| Chholagora · Manbazar - II | 156 | 50% | 1.8 km W |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Tetla
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- 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
- 3
- Middle school
- 2
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- 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
- 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)
- 35
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 80
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 20
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- TETLA
- Total area (ha)
- 845
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Tetla
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Tetla
- LGD code
- 373938
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,459
- Population (projected 2026)
- 853
- Households
- 557
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 935
- Literacy rate
- 55.6%
- Coordinates
- 23.02670°N, 86.61927°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Ranchi
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Ichagarh
- Member of Parliament
- Sanjay Seth
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sabita Mahato
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- DINBANDHU SINGH MUNDA
- Block / Mandal
- Sonahatu
Getting there
How to reach Tetla
Nearest town · 22,193 people
Aguri Band Punisol · ≈ 52 km
≈ 1 h 46 min by car · 2 h 6 min by bike
DirectionsDistance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi138 kmcapital
- Kolkata186 km
- Hyderabad1055 km
- Delhi1128 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationTamna railway station38 km
- Hospital / PHCBasantapur Hospital7 km
- ATM / bankIDBI Bank27 km
- Petrol pumpSun Filling Station24 km
- CollegeITI7 km
- Police stationHirbandh Police Station20 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)