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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
RM
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
RAMESH MAHLI
Contact: 96****5167
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- LGD code
- 374390
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population
- 908
- Households
- 160
- Literacy rate
- 62.9%
- Sex ratio
- 1083 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 426
- Distance to district centre
- 258 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 185 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 314 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 306 km
- Nearest railway station
- Sahibganj · 3 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Jabbar's Clinic · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Palma compares
By population, Palma ranks #15 of 30 villages in Itki mandal.
Literacy rate
%
62.9%
−0.2% vs mandal average
- Palma
- 62.9%
- Itki mandal
- 63.1%
- Ranchi district
- 65.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,083
+99 vs mandal average
- Palma
- 1,083
- Itki mandal
- 984
Household size
people per home
5.7
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Palma
- 5.7
- Itki mandal
- 5.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Palma at a glance
Palma is a village of 908 people in 160 households (Census 2011) in Itki block, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, the 15th-largest of 30 villages in Itki block. Literacy is 63%, about the same as the block average of 63% and the sex ratio is 1,083 women per 1,000 men. It lies 258 km from the Ranchi district centre, 3 km from Ganga Parshad, the nearest town, 3 km from Sahibganj railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 834001, served by Church Road post office; the LGD village code is 374390. The nearest hospital or health centre is Jabbar's Clinic, 3 km away. The sarpanch is RAMESH MAHLI, and the village votes in Tundi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Mathura Prasad Mahato. The population is estimated at 1,071 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Palma
- 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
- 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
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- 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)
- 8
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KURGI
- Total area (ha)
- 177
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 6.75
- Forest area (ha)
- 1.5
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Palma
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Palma
- LGD code
- 374390
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population (Census 2011)
- 908
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,071
- Households
- 160
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1083
- Literacy rate
- 62.9%
- Coordinates
- 25.23784°N, 87.60458°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Giridih
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Tundi
- Member of Parliament
- Chandra Prakash Choudhary
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Mathura Prasad Mahato
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- RAMESH MAHLI
- Block / Mandal
- Itki
Getting there
How to reach Palma
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi314 kmcapital
- Kolkata306 km
- Delhi1096 km
- Hyderabad1285 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationSahibganj3 km
- Bus stopBaldiabari More14 km
- Hospital / PHCJabbar's Clinic3 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India33 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Petrol Pump35 km
- CollegeAmbedkar Institute of Health Line33 km
- Police stationNaka No 2(Police Station)32 km
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Villages near Palma
Other villages in Itki mandal
View all 29 →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
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