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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Cheri is a village in Kanke mandal, Ranchi district, Jharkhand. The village has a population of 1,469 across 325 households, with a literacy rate of 51.1%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
PUNAM DEVI
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- LGD code
- 373522
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population
- 1,469
- Households
- 325
- Literacy rate
- 51.1%
- Sex ratio
- 1015 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 624
- Distance to district centre
- 110 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 72 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 103 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 364 km
- Nearest railway station
- Padma · 8 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Loknayak Jaiprakash Eye Hospital · 10 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Cheri compares
By population, Cheri ranks #43 of 89 villages in Kanke mandal.
Literacy rate
%
51.1%
−9.1% vs mandal average
- Cheri
- 51.1%
- Kanke mandal
- 60.2%
- Ranchi district
- 65.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,015
+72 vs mandal average
- Cheri
- 1,015
- Kanke mandal
- 943
Household size
people per home
4.5
−0.9 vs mandal average
- Cheri
- 4.5
- Kanke mandal
- 5.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Cheri at a glance
Cheri is a village of 1,469 people in 325 households (Census 2011) in Kanke block, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, the 43rd-largest of 89 villages in Kanke block. Literacy is 51%, 9 points below the block average of 60% and the sex ratio is 1,015 women per 1,000 men. It lies 110 km from the Ranchi district centre, 47 km from Barkagaon, the nearest town, 8 km from Padma railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 834001, served by Church Road post office; the LGD village code is 373522. The nearest hospital or health centre is Loknayak Jaiprakash Eye Hospital, 10 km away. The sarpanch is PUNAM DEVI, and the village votes in Gomia assembly constituency, represented by MLA Yogendra Prasad. The population is estimated at 1,732 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Cheri
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 14
- Power hours (winter)
- 10
- 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
- Yes
- 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
- 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)
- 16
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 16
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 10
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- MANATU
- Total area (ha)
- 432.37
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 11.76
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Cheri
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Cheri
- LGD code
- 373522
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,469
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,732
- Households
- 325
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1015
- Literacy rate
- 51.1%
- Coordinates
- 24.26809°N, 85.30949°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Giridih
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Gomia
- Member of Parliament
- Chandra Prakash Choudhary
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Yogendra Prasad
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- PUNAM DEVI
- Block / Mandal
- Kanke
- Nearest railway station
- Chainpur (65.8 km)
Getting there
How to reach Cheri
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi103 kmcapital
- Kolkata364 km
- Delhi940 km
- Hyderabad1043 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationPadma8 km
- Hospital / PHCLoknayak Jaiprakash Eye Hospital10 km
- ATM / bankSBI VBU28 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil32 km
- CollegeVINOBA BHAVE UNIVERCITY28 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
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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