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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Konge is a village in Kanke mandal, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, with a population of 1,276 across 232 households and a literacy rate of 53.1%. The village has six hospitals and one primary health centre.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SUDHIR MUNDA
Contact: 91****7348
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- LGD code
- 373540
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population
- 1,276
- Households
- 232
- Literacy rate
- 53.1%
- Sex ratio
- 957 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 415
- Distance to district centre
- 67 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 46 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 8 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 328 km
- Nearest railway station
- Argora · 7 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Rohini Mohini Hospital · 2 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Konge compares
By population, Konge ranks #51 of 89 villages in Kanke mandal.
Literacy rate
%
53.1%
−7.1% vs mandal average
- Konge
- 53.1%
- Kanke mandal
- 60.2%
- Ranchi district
- 65.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
957
+14 vs mandal average
- Konge
- 957
- Kanke mandal
- 943
Household size
people per home
5.5
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Konge
- 5.5
- Kanke mandal
- 5.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Konge at a glance
Konge is a village of 1,276 people in 232 households (Census 2011) in Kanke block, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, the 51st-largest of 89 villages in Kanke block. Literacy is 53%, 7 points below the block average of 60% and the sex ratio is 957 women per 1,000 men. It lies 67 km from the Ranchi district centre, 50 km from Barkagaon, the nearest town, 7 km from Argora railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 834001, served by Church Road post office; the LGD village code is 373540. The nearest hospital or health centre is Rohini Mohini Hospital, 2 km away. The sarpanch is SUDHIR MUNDA, and the village votes in Gomia assembly constituency, represented by MLA Yogendra Prasad. The population is estimated at 1,504 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Konge
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 10
- 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
- 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
- No
- 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)
- 10
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 10
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 7
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- JAIPUR
- Total area (ha)
- 111
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Konge
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Konge
- LGD code
- 373540
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,276
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,504
- Households
- 232
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 957
- Literacy rate
- 53.1%
- Coordinates
- 23.41068°N, 85.29588°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Giridih
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Gomia
- Member of Parliament
- Chandra Prakash Choudhary
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Yogendra Prasad
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SUDHIR MUNDA
- Block / Mandal
- Kanke
- Nearest PHC
- Shri Sai Ratan Health Clinic (4.3 km)
Getting there
How to reach Konge
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi8 kmcapital
- Kolkata328 km
- Hyderabad976 km
- Delhi993 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationArgora7 km
- Bus stopITI Bus Stand4 km
- Hospital / PHCRohini Mohini Hospital2 km
- ATM / bankKotak Mahindra Bank4 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum3 km
- Collegeranchi womens college5 km
- Police stationPandra Police Station3 km
Nearest to the village
- Health centre
- Rohini Mohini Hospital2.1 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Konge
8 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕jora mandirTemple1.8 km ↗
- 🛕Hanuman MandirTemple3.0 km ↗
- 🛕Shiv MandirTemple3.1 km ↗
- 🛕Gurdwar Sri Guru Singh Sabha Pisca Morh RanchiTemple3.2 km ↗
- 🛕Trimurti Manokamana MandirTemple3.2 km ↗
- 🛕Gurdwara Sri Guru Nanak Satsang Sabha RanchiTemple3.2 km ↗
- 🛕DURGA MANDIR & SAI MANDIRTemple3.8 km ↗
- 🛕Devadhi Dev Shri Pahadi Baba MandirTemple4.1 km ↗
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Konge
1 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
- 🎓ranchi womens collegeCollege4.9 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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