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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Dimra is a village in Angara mandal, Ranchi district, Jharkhand. It has a population of 1,056 across 188 households, with a literacy rate of 44.7%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SAHDEV BEDIYA
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- LGD code
- 373720
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population
- 1,056
- Households
- 188
- Literacy rate
- 44.7%
- Sex ratio
- 1079 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 592
- Distance to district centre
- 16 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 14 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 52 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 281 km
- Nearest railway station
- Sondimra · <1 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Singhpur Hospital · 11 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Dimra compares
By population, Dimra ranks #40 of 83 villages in Angara mandal.
Literacy rate
%
44.7%
−10.1% vs mandal average
- Dimra
- 44.7%
- Angara mandal
- 54.8%
- Ranchi district
- 65.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,079
+95 vs mandal average
- Dimra
- 1,079
- Angara mandal
- 984
Household size
people per home
5.6
+0.6 vs mandal average
- Dimra
- 5.6
- Angara mandal
- 5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dimra at a glance
Dimra is a village of 1,056 people in 188 households (Census 2011) in Angara block, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, the 40th-largest of 83 villages in Angara block. Literacy is 45%, 10 points below the block average of 55% and the sex ratio is 1,079 women per 1,000 men. It lies 16 km from the Ranchi district centre, 8 km from Madhupur, the nearest town, under 1 km from Sondimra railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 834001, served by Church Road post office; the LGD village code is 373720. The nearest hospital or health centre is Singhpur Hospital, 11 km away. The sarpanch is SAHDEV BEDIYA. The population is estimated at 1,245 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Dimra
- 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
- 2
- 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
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- 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)
- 41
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 41
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 21
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KUCHU
- Total area (ha)
- 382
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 9.46
- Forest area (ha)
- 155.23
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Dimra
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Dimra
- LGD code
- 373720
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,056
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,245
- Households
- 188
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1079
- Literacy rate
- 44.7%
- Coordinates
- 23.46456°N, 85.79877°E
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SAHDEV BEDIYA
- Block / Mandal
- Angara
Getting there
How to reach Dimra
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi52 kmcapital
- Kolkata281 km
- Hyderabad1018 km
- Delhi1031 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationSondimra<1 km
- Hospital / PHCSinghpur Hospital11 km
- ATM / bankUCO Bank37 km
- Petrol pumpEssar Petrol Pump11 km
- CollegeSarla Birla University41 km
- Police stationRajrappa Police Station19 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Dimra
2 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
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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
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)