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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Harra is a village in Chanho mandal, Ranchi district, Jharkhand. It has a population of 899 across 172 households, with a literacy rate of 52.5%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
punam orain
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- LGD code
- 374250
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population
- 899
- Households
- 172
- Literacy rate
- 52.5%
- Sex ratio
- 993 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 393
- Distance to district centre
- 36 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 3 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 32 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 301 km
- Nearest railway station
- Mael · 12 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- I.T.D.A.Meso Hospital Rinchi,Jonha · 11 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Harra compares
By population, Harra ranks #42 of 67 villages in Chanho mandal.
Literacy rate
%
52.5%
−3.3% vs mandal average
- Harra
- 52.5%
- Chanho mandal
- 55.8%
- Ranchi district
- 65.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
993
+13 vs mandal average
- Harra
- 993
- Chanho mandal
- 980
Household size
people per home
5.2
−0.3 vs mandal average
- Harra
- 5.2
- Chanho mandal
- 5.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Harra at a glance
Harra is a village of 899 people in 172 households (Census 2011) in Chanho block, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, the 42nd-largest of 67 villages in Chanho block. Literacy is 53%, 3 points below the block average of 56% and the sex ratio is 993 women per 1,000 men. It lies 36 km from the Ranchi district centre, 29 km from Madhupur, the nearest town, 12 km from Mael railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 834001, served by Church Road post office; the LGD village code is 374250. The nearest hospital or health centre is I.T.D.A.Meso Hospital Rinchi,Jonha, 11 km away. The sarpanch is punam orain, and the village votes in Ramgarh assembly constituency, represented by MLA Mamta Devi. The population is estimated at 1,060 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Harra
- 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
- No
- 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)
- 19
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 300
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 25.73
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Harra
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Harra
- LGD code
- 374250
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population (Census 2011)
- 899
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,060
- Households
- 172
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 993
- Literacy rate
- 52.5%
- Coordinates
- 23.46852°N, 85.59320°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Hazaribagh
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Ramgarh
- Member of Parliament
- Manish Jaiswal
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Mamta Devi
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- punam orain
- Block / Mandal
- Chanho
Getting there
How to reach Harra
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi32 kmcapital
- Kolkata301 km
- Hyderabad1003 km
- Delhi1014 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationMael12 km
- Hospital / PHCI.T.D.A.Meso Hospital Rinchi,Jonha11 km
- ATM / bankUCO Bank17 km
- Petrol pumpBaxidih Petrol Pump3 km
- CollegeSarla Birla University22 km
- Police stationRajrappa Police Station16 km
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Villages near Harra
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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
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