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- LGD code
- 374626
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population
- 1,288
- Households
- 291
- Literacy rate
- 64.3%
- Sex ratio
- 934 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 456
- Distance to district centre
- 55 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 32 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 67 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 263 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bakarkudi · 18 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Kalyan Hospital · 18 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Tarai compares
By population, Tarai ranks #31 of 129 villages in Tamar I mandal.
Literacy rate
%
64.3%
+10.9% vs mandal average
- Tarai
- 64.3%
- Tamar I mandal
- 53.4%
- Ranchi district
- 65.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
934
−44 vs mandal average
- Tarai
- 934
- Tamar I mandal
- 978
Household size
people per home
4.4
Same as the mandal average
- Tarai
- 4.4
- Tamar I mandal
- 4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Tarai at a glance
Tarai is a village of 1,288 people in 291 households (Census 2011) in Tamar I block, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, the 31st-largest of 129 villages in Tamar I block. Literacy is 64%, 11 points above the block average of 53% and the sex ratio is 934 women per 1,000 men. It lies 55 km from the Ranchi district centre, 20 km from Tamar, the nearest town, 18 km from Bakarkudi railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 834001, served by Church Road post office; the LGD village code is 374626. The nearest hospital or health centre is Kalyan Hospital, 18 km away. The village votes in Tamar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Vikas Kumar Munda. The population is estimated at 1,519 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Tarai
- 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
- Yes
- 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)
- 39
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 76
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 20
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- RAHR GOAW
- Total area (ha)
- 139
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 40
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Tarai
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Key facts — Tarai
- LGD code
- 374626
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,288
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,519
- Households
- 291
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 934
- Literacy rate
- 64.3%
- Coordinates
- 22.98193°N, 85.83343°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 Tarai
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi67 kmcapital
- Kolkata263 km
- Hyderabad987 km
- Delhi1066 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBakarkudi18 km
- Hospital / PHCKalyan Hospital18 km
- ATM / bankBank of India24 km
- Petrol pumpKadma Petrol Pump39 km
- Collegejamshedpur Women's College41 km
- Police stationBistupur Police Station.41 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
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