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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Bimla devi
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- LGD code
- 374229
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population
- 983
- Households
- 183
- Literacy rate
- 64.1%
- Sex ratio
- 869 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 265
- Distance to district centre
- 37 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 2 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 32 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 302 km
- Nearest railway station
- Mael · 11 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Dr. Jamil Clinic · 12 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Opa compares
By population, Opa ranks #36 of 67 villages in Chanho mandal.
Literacy rate
%
64.1%
+8.3% vs mandal average
- Opa
- 64.1%
- Chanho mandal
- 55.8%
- Ranchi district
- 65.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
869
−111 vs mandal average
- Opa
- 869
- Chanho mandal
- 980
Household size
people per home
5.4
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Opa
- 5.4
- Chanho mandal
- 5.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Opa at a glance
Opa is a village of 983 people in 183 households (Census 2011) in Chanho block, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, the 36th-largest of 67 villages in Chanho block. Literacy is 64%, 8 points above the block average of 56% and the sex ratio is 869 women per 1,000 men. It lies 37 km from the Ranchi district centre, 29 km from Madhupur, the nearest town, 11 km from Mael railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 834001, served by Church Road post office; the LGD village code is 374229. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dr. Jamil Clinic, 12 km away. The sarpanch is Bimla devi, and the village votes in Ramgarh assembly constituency, represented by MLA Mamta Devi. The population is estimated at 1,159 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Opa
- 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
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 2
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- 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)
- 38
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 38
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 1
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- SONS
- Total area (ha)
- 241.26
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 29.77
- Forest area (ha)
- 61.97
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Opa
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Key facts — Opa
- LGD code
- 374229
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population (Census 2011)
- 983
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,159
- Households
- 183
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 869
- Literacy rate
- 64.1%
- Coordinates
- 23.48608°N, 85.58750°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Hazaribagh
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Ramgarh
- Member of Parliament
- Manish Jaiswal
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Mamta Devi
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Bimla devi
- Block / Mandal
- Chanho
Getting there
How to reach Opa
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi32 kmcapital
- Kolkata302 km
- Hyderabad1003 km
- Delhi1012 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationMael11 km
- Hospital / PHCDr. Jamil Clinic12 km
- ATM / bankUCO Bank17 km
- Petrol pumpBaxidih Petrol Pump1 km
- CollegeSarla Birla University23 km
- Police stationRajrappa Police Station15 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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