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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Kamta is a village in Angara mandal, Ranchi district, Jharkhand. It has a population of 1,010 across 201 households, with a literacy rate of 52.5%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SAHDEV BEDIYA
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- LGD code
- 373728
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population
- 1,010
- Households
- 201
- Literacy rate
- 52.5%
- Sex ratio
- 980 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 452
- Distance to district centre
- 26 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 25 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 45 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 292 km
- Nearest railway station
- Gola Road · <1 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Dr. Jamil Clinic · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kamta compares
By population, Kamta ranks #42 of 83 villages in Angara mandal.
Literacy rate
%
52.5%
−2.3% vs mandal average
- Kamta
- 52.5%
- Angara mandal
- 54.8%
- Ranchi district
- 65.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
980
−4 vs mandal average
- Kamta
- 980
- Angara mandal
- 984
Household size
people per home
5.0
Same as the mandal average
- Kamta
- 5.0
- Angara mandal
- 5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kamta at a glance
Kamta is a village of 1,010 people in 201 households (Census 2011) in Angara block, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, the 42nd-largest of 83 villages in Angara block. Literacy is 53%, 2 points below the block average of 55% and the sex ratio is 980 women per 1,000 men. It lies 26 km from the Ranchi district centre, 19 km from Madhupur, the nearest town, under 1 km from Gola Road railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 834001, served by Church Road post office; the LGD village code is 373728. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dr. Jamil Clinic, 7 km away. The sarpanch is SAHDEV BEDIYA. The population is estimated at 1,191 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kamta
- 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
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 1
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 1
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- 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)
- 36
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 36
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KUCHU
- Total area (ha)
- 526
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 239.73
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kamta
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kamta
- LGD code
- 373728
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,010
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,191
- Households
- 201
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 980
- Literacy rate
- 52.5%
- Coordinates
- 23.52838°N, 85.70590°E
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SAHDEV BEDIYA
- Block / Mandal
- Angara
Getting there
How to reach Kamta
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi45 kmcapital
- Kolkata292 km
- Hyderabad1016 km
- Delhi1019 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationGola Road<1 km
- Hospital / PHCDr. Jamil Clinic7 km
- ATM / bankUCO Bank30 km
- Petrol pumpJai Hind Filling Station3 km
- CollegeSarla Birla University36 km
- Police stationRajrappa Police Station8 km
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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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