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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
DM
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
DURGA MUNDA
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- LGD code
- 373678
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population
- 3,634
- Households
- 696
- Literacy rate
- 60.9%
- Sex ratio
- 965 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,463
Census 2011 · in context
How Chaldag compares
By population, Chaldag ranks #5 of 83 villages in Angara mandal.
Literacy rate
%
60.9%
+6.1% vs mandal average
- Chaldag
- 60.9%
- Angara mandal
- 54.8%
- Ranchi district
- 65.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
965
−19 vs mandal average
- Chaldag
- 965
- Angara mandal
- 984
Household size
people per home
5.2
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Chaldag
- 5.2
- Angara mandal
- 5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chaldag at a glance
Chaldag is a village of 3,634 people in 696 households (Census 2011) in Angara block, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, the 5th-largest of 83 villages in Angara block. Literacy is 61%, 6 points above the block average of 55% and the sex ratio is 965 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 834001, served by Church Road post office; the LGD village code is 373678. The sarpanch is DURGA MUNDA. The population is estimated at 4,284 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Childag →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chaldag · this village | 3,634 | 61% | — |
| Simaliya · Angara | 1,155 | 53% | — |
| Cheldagsoso · Angara | 587 | 43% | — |
| Lalgarh · Angara | 527 | 54% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Chaldag
- 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
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- 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
- No
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- RANCHI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 22
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 22
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 5
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- CHALDAG
- Total area (ha)
- 246
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Chaldag
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Chaldag
- LGD code
- 373678
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population (Census 2011)
- 3,634
- Population (projected 2026)
- 4,284
- Households
- 696
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 965
- Literacy rate
- 60.9%
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- DURGA MUNDA
- Block / Mandal
- Angara
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 834001
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)