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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SIMA DEVI
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- LGD code
- 373696
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population
- 4,077
- Households
- 833
- Literacy rate
- 54.6%
- Sex ratio
- 1019 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,723
- Distance to district centre
- 177 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 174 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 110 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 431 km
- Nearest railway station
- Lohardaga · 52 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Carmel Hospital · 18 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Rajadera compares
By population, Rajadera ranks #4 of 83 villages in Angara mandal.
Literacy rate
%
54.6%
−0.2% vs mandal average
- Rajadera
- 54.6%
- Angara mandal
- 54.8%
- Ranchi district
- 65.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,019
+35 vs mandal average
- Rajadera
- 1,019
- Angara mandal
- 984
Household size
people per home
4.9
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Rajadera
- 4.9
- Angara mandal
- 5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Rajadera at a glance
Rajadera is a village of 4,077 people in 833 households (Census 2011) in Angara block, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, the 4th-largest of 83 villages in Angara block. Literacy is 55%, about the same as the block average of 55% and the sex ratio is 1,019 women per 1,000 men. It lies 177 km from the Ranchi district centre, 55 km from Sisai, the nearest town, 52 km from Lohardaga railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 834001, served by Church Road post office; the LGD village code is 373696. The nearest hospital or health centre is Carmel Hospital, 18 km away. The sarpanch is SIMA DEVI. The population is estimated at 638 in 2026, down 84% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Rajadera
- 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
- 4
- Middle school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Sub post office
- Yes
- 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)
- 15
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 25
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 8
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- RAJADERA
- Total area (ha)
- 1,661.43
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 11.64
- Forest area (ha)
- 581.87
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Rajadera
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Rajadera
- LGD code
- 373696
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population (Census 2011)
- 4,077
- Population (projected 2026)
- 638
- Households
- 833
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1019
- Literacy rate
- 54.6%
- Coordinates
- 23.28619°N, 84.23089°E
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SIMA DEVI
- Block / Mandal
- Angara
Getting there
How to reach Rajadera
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi110 kmcapital
- Kolkata431 km
- Hyderabad888 km
- Delhi918 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationLohardaga52 km
- Hospital / PHCCarmel Hospital18 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-07
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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