Marani is a village in Bano mandal, Simdega district, Jharkhand. It has a population of 657 across 155 households, with a literacy rate of 47.8%. The village is located at coordinates 23.050°N, 85.556°E.
By population, Marani ranks #48 of 93 villages in Bano mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Marani is a village of 657 people in 155 households (Census 2011) in Bano block, Simdega district, Jharkhand, the 48th-largest of 93 villages in Bano block. Literacy is 48%, 5 points below the block average of 53% and the sex ratio is 1,060 women per 1,000 men. It lies 41 km from the Simdega district centre, 10 km from Tamar, the nearest town, 34 km from Gautamdhara railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 835201, served by Bano post office; the LGD village code is 376760. The nearest hospital or health centre is Bundu Municipal Hospital, 13 km away. The sarpanch is SOMA LUGUN, and the village votes in Tamar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Vikas Kumar Munda. The population is estimated at 775 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Raikera →
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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