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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
ISHWAR KHES
Contact: 87****8310
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- LGD code
- 376117
- Pincode
- 835207
- Post office
- Gumla Bazar
- Population
- 502
- Households
- 87
- Literacy rate
- 53.4%
- Sex ratio
- 1000 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 422
Census 2011 · in context
How Uru compares
By population, Uru ranks #45 of 85 villages in Chainpur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
53.4%
−5.7% vs mandal average
Uru53.4%
Chainpur mandal59.1%
Gumla district54.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,000
+7 vs mandal average
Uru1,000
Chainpur mandal993
Household size
people per home
5.8
+0.2 vs mandal average
Uru5.8
Chainpur mandal5.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Uru at a glance
Uru is a village of 502 people in 87 households (Census 2011) in Chainpur block, Gumla district, Jharkhand, the 45th-largest of 85 villages in Chainpur block. Literacy is 53%, 6 points below the block average of 59% and the sex ratio is 1,000 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 835207, served by Gumla Bazar post office; the LGD village code is 376117. The sarpanch is ISHWAR KHES. The population is estimated at 592 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Uru
- 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
- 0
- 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
- Yes
- 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
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- GUMLA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 30
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 30
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 25
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BARDIH
- Total area (ha)
- 946.95
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 17.5
- Forest area (ha)
- 528.2
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Uru
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Uru
- LGD code
- 376117
- Pincode
- 835207
- Post office
- Gumla Bazar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 502
- Population (projected 2026)
- 592
- Households
- 87
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1000
- Literacy rate
- 53.4%
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- ISHWAR KHES
- Block / Mandal
- Chainpur
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
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