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Jharkhand Minister inaugurates cafe, dedicating it to "symbol of hard work, skills, self-reliance of rural women"
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SHANTI TIRKEY
Contact: 78****5996
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- LGD code
- 374837
- Pincode
- 835210
- Post office
- Khunti
- Population
- 457
- Households
- 88
- Literacy rate
- 45.7%
- Sex ratio
- 1049 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 241
Census 2011 · in context
How Barango compares
By population, Barango ranks #102 of 178 villages in Karra mandal.
Literacy rate
%
45.7%
−6.0% vs mandal average
- Barango
- 45.7%
- Karra mandal
- 51.7%
- Khunti district
- 53.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,049
+52 vs mandal average
- Barango
- 1,049
- Karra mandal
- 997
Household size
people per home
5.2
Same as the mandal average
- Barango
- 5.2
- Karra mandal
- 5.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Barango at a glance
Barango is a village of 457 people in 88 households (Census 2011) in Karra block, Khunti district, Jharkhand, the 102nd-largest of 178 villages in Karra block. Literacy is 46%, 6 points below the block average of 52% and the sex ratio is 1,049 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 835210, served by Khunti post office; the LGD village code is 374837. The sarpanch is SHANTI TIRKEY. The population is estimated at 539 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Barango
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 5
- Power hours (winter)
- 7
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- 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
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- KHUNTI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 35
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 35
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 20
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- HAKAJJANG
- Total area (ha)
- 241.04
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 5.9
- Forest area (ha)
- 57.22
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Barango
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Barango
- LGD code
- 374837
- Pincode
- 835210
- Post office
- Khunti
- Population (Census 2011)
- 457
- Population (projected 2026)
- 539
- Households
- 88
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1049
- Literacy rate
- 45.7%
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SHANTI TIRKEY
- Block / Mandal
- Karra
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
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