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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SUNITA ORAON
Contact: 74****7906
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- LGD code
- 374266
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population
- 1,477
- Households
- 274
- Literacy rate
- 52.8%
- Sex ratio
- 1021 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 534
Census 2011 · in context
How Murto compares
By population, Murto ranks #28 of 67 villages in Chanho mandal.
Literacy rate
%
52.8%
−3.0% vs mandal average
- Murto
- 52.8%
- Chanho mandal
- 55.8%
- Ranchi district
- 65.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,021
+41 vs mandal average
- Murto
- 1,021
- Chanho mandal
- 980
Household size
people per home
5.4
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Murto
- 5.4
- Chanho mandal
- 5.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Murto at a glance
Murto is a village of 1,477 people in 274 households (Census 2011) in Chanho block, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, the 28th-largest of 67 villages in Chanho block. Literacy is 53%, 3 points below the block average of 56% and the sex ratio is 1,021 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 834001, served by Church Road post office; the LGD village code is 374266. The sarpanch is SUNITA ORAON, and the village votes in Ramgarh assembly constituency, represented by MLA Mamta Devi. The population is estimated at 1,741 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Murto
- 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
- Yes
- 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
- 1
- 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)
- 53
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 53
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 15
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- MURTO
- Total area (ha)
- 354
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 17
- Forest area (ha)
- 55.71
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Murto
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Murto
- LGD code
- 374266
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,477
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,741
- Households
- 274
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1021
- Literacy rate
- 52.8%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Hazaribagh
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Ramgarh
- Member of Parliament
- Manish Jaiswal
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Mamta Devi
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SUNITA ORAON
- Block / Mandal
- Chanho
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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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