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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Bagda is a village in Kanke mandal, Ranchi district, Jharkhand with a population of 692 across 130 households. The literacy rate in the village is 49.7%.
PK
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
PUJA KISPOTTA
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- LGD code
- 373462
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population
- 692
- Households
- 130
- Literacy rate
- 49.7%
- Sex ratio
- 928 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 340
- Distance to district centre
- 81 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 121 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 142 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 185 km
- Nearest railway station
- Sirjam · 28 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Hura Rural Hospital · 13 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Bagda compares
By population, Bagda ranks #75 of 89 villages in Kanke mandal.
Literacy rate
%
49.7%
−10.5% vs mandal average
- Bagda
- 49.7%
- Kanke mandal
- 60.2%
- Ranchi district
- 65.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
928
−15 vs mandal average
- Bagda
- 928
- Kanke mandal
- 943
Household size
people per home
5.3
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Bagda
- 5.3
- Kanke mandal
- 5.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bagda at a glance
Bagda is a village of 692 people in 130 households (Census 2011) in Kanke block, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, the 75th-largest of 89 villages in Kanke block. Literacy is 50%, 11 points below the block average of 60% and the sex ratio is 928 women per 1,000 men. It lies 81 km from the Ranchi district centre, 43 km from Aguri Band Punisol, the nearest town, 28 km from Sirjam railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 834001, served by Church Road post office; the LGD village code is 373462. The nearest hospital or health centre is Hura Rural Hospital, 13 km away. The sarpanch is PUJA KISPOTTA, and the village votes in Gomia assembly constituency, represented by MLA Yogendra Prasad. The population is estimated at 816 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bagda
- 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
- 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
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- RANCHI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 42
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 42
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 33
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- URUGUTTU
- Total area (ha)
- 243.58
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0.4
- Forest area (ha)
- 93.22
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bagda
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Key facts — Bagda
- LGD code
- 373462
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population (Census 2011)
- 692
- Population (projected 2026)
- 816
- Households
- 130
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 928
- Literacy rate
- 49.7%
- Coordinates
- 23.19694°N, 86.68668°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Giridih
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Gomia
- Member of Parliament
- Chandra Prakash Choudhary
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Yogendra Prasad
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- PUJA KISPOTTA
- Block / Mandal
- Kanke
- Nearest railway station
- Jogeswar Bihar (124.2 km)
Getting there
How to reach Bagda
Nearest town · 22,193 people
Aguri Band Punisol · ≈ 43 km
≈ 1 h 29 min by car · 1 h 46 min by bike
DirectionsDistance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi142 kmcapital
- Kolkata185 km
- Hyderabad1071 km
- Delhi1122 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationSirjam28 km
- Hospital / PHCHura Rural Hospital13 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India19 km
- Petrol pumpSun Filling Station22 km
- CollegeMajhihira D.el.ed college20 km
- Police stationHirbandh Police Station20 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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