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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
DEVANTI ORAON
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- LGD code
- 374278
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population
- 1,006
- Households
- 181
- Literacy rate
- 54.1%
- Sex ratio
- 1150 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 531
- Distance to district centre
- 31 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 4 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 39 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 296 km
- Nearest railway station
- Gola Road · 7 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Dr. Jamil Clinic · 9 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Bejang compares
By population, Bejang ranks #34 of 67 villages in Chanho mandal.
Literacy rate
%
54.1%
−1.7% vs mandal average
- Bejang
- 54.1%
- Chanho mandal
- 55.8%
- Ranchi district
- 65.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,150
+170 vs mandal average
- Bejang
- 1,150
- Chanho mandal
- 980
Household size
people per home
5.6
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Bejang
- 5.6
- Chanho mandal
- 5.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bejang at a glance
Bejang is a village of 1,006 people in 181 households (Census 2011) in Chanho block, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, the 34th-largest of 67 villages in Chanho block. Literacy is 54%, 2 points below the block average of 56% and the sex ratio is 1,150 women per 1,000 men. It lies 31 km from the Ranchi district centre, 23 km from Madhupur, the nearest town, 7 km from Gola Road railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 834001, served by Church Road post office; the LGD village code is 374278. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dr. Jamil Clinic, 9 km away. The sarpanch is DEVANTI ORAON, and the village votes in Ramgarh assembly constituency, represented by MLA Mamta Devi. The population is estimated at 1,186 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bejang
- 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
- 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
- No
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- RANCHI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 35
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 35
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 7
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- TANGAR
- Total area (ha)
- 225
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 29.97
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bejang
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bejang
- LGD code
- 374278
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,006
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,186
- Households
- 181
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1150
- Literacy rate
- 54.1%
- Coordinates
- 23.49548°N, 85.64948°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Hazaribagh
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Ramgarh
- Member of Parliament
- Manish Jaiswal
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Mamta Devi
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- DEVANTI ORAON
- Block / Mandal
- Chanho
Getting there
How to reach Bejang
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi39 kmcapital
- Kolkata296 km
- Hyderabad1009 km
- Delhi1017 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationGola Road7 km
- Hospital / PHCDr. Jamil Clinic9 km
- ATM / bankUCO Bank23 km
- Petrol pumpHari Bajrangi Fuels<1 km
- CollegeSarla Birla University29 km
- Police stationRajrappa Police Station11 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
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)