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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SUMITRA DEVI
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- LGD code
- 373373
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population
- 796
- Households
- 168
- Literacy rate
- 43.6%
- Sex ratio
- 891 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 286
- Distance to district centre
- 86 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 149 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 51 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 306 km
- Nearest railway station
- Chakradharpur · 33 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- S.G.V.S Hospital & Research Centre · 19 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kander compares
By population, Kander ranks #43 of 77 villages in Burmu mandal.
Literacy rate
%
43.6%
−10.9% vs mandal average
- Kander
- 43.6%
- Burmu mandal
- 54.5%
- Ranchi district
- 65.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
891
−78 vs mandal average
- Kander
- 891
- Burmu mandal
- 969
Household size
people per home
4.7
−0.6 vs mandal average
- Kander
- 4.7
- Burmu mandal
- 5.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kander at a glance
Kander is a village of 796 people in 168 households (Census 2011) in Burmu block, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, the 43rd-largest of 77 villages in Burmu block. Literacy is 44%, 11 points below the block average of 55% and the sex ratio is 891 women per 1,000 men. It lies 86 km from the Ranchi district centre, 32 km from Tamar, the nearest town, 33 km from Chakradharpur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 834001, served by Church Road post office; the LGD village code is 373373. The nearest hospital or health centre is S.G.V.S Hospital & Research Centre, 19 km away. The sarpanch is SUMITRA DEVI, and the village votes in Sindri assembly constituency, represented by MLA Chandradeo Mahato Alias Bablu Mahato. The population is estimated at 938 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kander
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 5
- Power hours (winter)
- 9
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- 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
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- RANCHI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 43
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 43
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 9
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- SARLE
- Total area (ha)
- 327.92
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 18.46
- Forest area (ha)
- 40.95
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kander
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kander
- LGD code
- 373373
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population (Census 2011)
- 796
- Population (projected 2026)
- 938
- Households
- 168
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 891
- Literacy rate
- 43.6%
- Coordinates
- 22.88991°N, 85.39518°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Dhanbad
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sindri
- Member of Parliament
- Dulu Mahato
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Chandradeo Mahato Alias Bablu Mahato
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SUMITRA DEVI
- Block / Mandal
- Burmu
Getting there
How to reach Kander
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi51 kmcapital
- Kolkata306 km
- Hyderabad946 km
- Delhi1037 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationChakradharpur33 km
- Bus stopMurhu Bus Stop.15 km
- Hospital / PHCS.G.V.S Hospital & Research Centre19 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India14 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil Petrol Pump33 km
- CollegeBirsa College22 km
- Police stationMurhu Police Station14 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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