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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Jargo is a village in Tamar I mandal, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, with a population of 1,693 across 376 households and a literacy rate of 43.7%. It is located at 23.303°N, 85.898°E and falls under PIN code 834001.
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- LGD code
- 374609
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population
- 1,693
- Households
- 376
- Literacy rate
- 43.7%
- Sex ratio
- 971 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,201
- Distance to district centre
- 19 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 16 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 60 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 265 km
- Nearest railway station
- Illoo · 4 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Silli Nursing Home · 9 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Jargo compares
By population, Jargo ranks #15 of 129 villages in Tamar I mandal.
Literacy rate
%
43.7%
−9.7% vs mandal average
- Jargo
- 43.7%
- Tamar I mandal
- 53.4%
- Ranchi district
- 65.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
971
−7 vs mandal average
- Jargo
- 971
- Tamar I mandal
- 978
Household size
people per home
4.5
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Jargo
- 4.5
- Tamar I mandal
- 4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Jargo at a glance
Jargo is a village of 1,693 people in 376 households (Census 2011) in Tamar I block, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, the 15th-largest of 129 villages in Tamar I block. Literacy is 44%, 10 points below the block average of 53% and the sex ratio is 971 women per 1,000 men. It lies 19 km from the Ranchi district centre, 7 km from Kalimati, the nearest town, 4 km from Illoo railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 834001, served by Church Road post office; the LGD village code is 374609. The nearest hospital or health centre is Silli Nursing Home, 9 km away. The village votes in Tamar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Vikas Kumar Munda. The population is estimated at 5,188 in 2026, up 206% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Jargo
- 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
- 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
- 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)
- 10
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 65
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 16
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- JARGO
- Total area (ha)
- 1,636.18
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 980.72
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Jargo
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Key facts — Jargo
- LGD code
- 374609
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,693
- Population (projected 2026)
- 5,188
- Households
- 376
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 971
- Literacy rate
- 43.7%
- Coordinates
- 23.30287°N, 85.89764°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Khunti
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Tamar
- Member of Parliament
- Kali Charan Munda
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Vikas Kumar Munda
- Block / Mandal
- Tamar I
Getting there
How to reach Jargo
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi60 kmcapital
- Kolkata265 km
- Hyderabad1014 km
- Delhi1050 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationIlloo4 km
- Hospital / PHCSilli Nursing Home9 km
- Petrol pumpKamdhenu Fuelx31 km
- CollegeSidho-Kanho-Birsha University46 km
- Police stationRajrappa Police Station39 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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