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Jharkhand Minister inaugurates cafe, dedicating it to "symbol of hard work, skills, self-reliance of rural women"
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SUMILA MINZ
Contact: 76****1105
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- LGD code
- 374472
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population
- 1,302
- Households
- 228
- Literacy rate
- 44.6%
- Sex ratio
- 1009 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 502
- Distance to district centre
- 131 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 129 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 68 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 369 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bakaspur · 17 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Refferel Hospital Basia · 12 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Pokta compares
By population, Pokta ranks #10 of 79 villages in Lapung mandal.
Literacy rate
%
44.6%
−5.8% vs mandal average
- Pokta
- 44.6%
- Lapung mandal
- 50.4%
- Ranchi district
- 65.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,009
−4 vs mandal average
- Pokta
- 1,009
- Lapung mandal
- 1,013
Household size
people per home
5.7
+0.4 vs mandal average
- Pokta
- 5.7
- Lapung mandal
- 5.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pokta at a glance
Pokta is a village of 1,302 people in 228 households (Census 2011) in Lapung block, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, the 10th-largest of 79 villages in Lapung block. Literacy is 45%, 6 points below the block average of 50% and the sex ratio is 1,009 women per 1,000 men. It lies 131 km from the Ranchi district centre, 23 km from Sisai, the nearest town, 17 km from Bakaspur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 834001, served by Church Road post office; the LGD village code is 374472. The nearest hospital or health centre is Refferel Hospital Basia, 12 km away. The sarpanch is SUMILA MINZ, and the village votes in Gomia assembly constituency, represented by MLA Yogendra Prasad. The population is estimated at 1,535 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Pokta
- 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
- 2
- 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
- Yes
- 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)
- 70
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 62
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 9
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- DARI
- Total area (ha)
- 710
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 16.83
- Forest area (ha)
- 32.19
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Pokta
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Pokta
- LGD code
- 374472
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,302
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,535
- Households
- 228
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1009
- Literacy rate
- 44.6%
- Coordinates
- 22.96992°N, 84.78605°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Giridih
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Gomia
- Member of Parliament
- Chandra Prakash Choudhary
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Yogendra Prasad
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SUMILA MINZ
- Block / Mandal
- Lapung
Getting there
How to reach Pokta
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi68 kmcapital
- Kolkata369 km
- Hyderabad904 km
- Delhi984 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBakaspur17 km
- Hospital / PHCRefferel Hospital Basia12 km
- CollegeBirsa College52 km
- Police stationMurhu Police Station51 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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