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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
bhuwaneswar bedia
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- LGD code
- 373729
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population
- 1,443
- Households
- 269
- Literacy rate
- 47.7%
- Sex ratio
- 1076 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 359
Census 2011 · in context
How Obar(Ober) compares
By population, Obar(Ober) ranks #26 of 83 villages in Angara mandal.
Literacy rate
%
47.7%
−7.1% vs mandal average
- Obar(Ober)
- 47.7%
- Angara mandal
- 54.8%
- Ranchi district
- 65.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,076
+92 vs mandal average
- Obar(Ober)
- 1,076
- Angara mandal
- 984
Household size
people per home
5.4
+0.4 vs mandal average
- Obar(Ober)
- 5.4
- Angara mandal
- 5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Obar(Ober) at a glance
Obar(Ober) is a village of 1,443 people in 269 households (Census 2011) in Angara block, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, the 26th-largest of 83 villages in Angara block. Literacy is 48%, 7 points below the block average of 55% and the sex ratio is 1,076 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 834001, served by Church Road post office; the LGD village code is 373729. The sarpanch is bhuwaneswar bedia. The population is estimated at 1,701 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Nawagarh →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obar(Ober) · this village | 1,443 | 48% | — |
| Nawagarh · Angara | 2,121 | 49% | — |
| Soso · Angara | 1,124 | 52% | — |
| Rangamati · Angara | 675 | 54% | — |
| Barkigorang · Angara | 358 | 51% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Obar(Ober)
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- 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
- 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)
- 42
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 42
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 20
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- NAWAGARH
- Total area (ha)
- 640.28
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 93.32
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Obar(Ober)
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Obar(Ober)
- LGD code
- 373729
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,443
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,701
- Households
- 269
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1076
- Literacy rate
- 47.7%
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- bhuwaneswar bedia
- 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)