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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Sarsa is a village in Lapung mandal, Ranchi district, Jharkhand. It has a population of 1,163 across 205 households with a literacy rate of 40.8%. The village is located at coordinates 25.180°N, 87.702°E.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
DURGA ORAON
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- LGD code
- 374455
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population
- 1,163
- Households
- 205
- Literacy rate
- 40.8%
- Sex ratio
- 1030 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 644
- Distance to district centre
- 260 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 257 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 317 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 298 km
- Nearest railway station
- Karanpurato · 5 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- PHC, Banjhi · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Sarsa compares
By population, Sarsa ranks #15 of 79 villages in Lapung mandal.
Literacy rate
%
40.8%
−9.6% vs mandal average
- Sarsa
- 40.8%
- Lapung mandal
- 50.4%
- Ranchi district
- 65.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,030
+17 vs mandal average
- Sarsa
- 1,030
- Lapung mandal
- 1,013
Household size
people per home
5.7
+0.4 vs mandal average
- Sarsa
- 5.7
- Lapung mandal
- 5.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sarsa at a glance
Sarsa is a village of 1,163 people in 205 households (Census 2011) in Lapung block, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, the 15th-largest of 79 villages in Lapung block. Literacy is 41%, 10 points below the block average of 50% and the sex ratio is 1,030 women per 1,000 men. It lies 260 km from the Ranchi district centre, 4 km from Hardi, the nearest town, 5 km from Karanpurato railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 834001, served by Church Road post office; the LGD village code is 374455. The nearest hospital or health centre is PHC, Banjhi, 7 km away. The sarpanch is DURGA ORAON, and the village votes in Gomia assembly constituency, represented by MLA Yogendra Prasad. The population is estimated at 1,371 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Sarsa
- 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
- 1
- 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
- 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)
- 50
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 50
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 21
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- DEVGAON
- Total area (ha)
- 623.71
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 107.3
- Forest area (ha)
- 269.73
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Sarsa
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Sarsa
- LGD code
- 374455
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,163
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,371
- Households
- 205
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1030
- Literacy rate
- 40.8%
- Coordinates
- 25.17985°N, 87.70167°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Giridih
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Gomia
- Member of Parliament
- Chandra Prakash Choudhary
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Yogendra Prasad
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- DURGA ORAON
- Block / Mandal
- Lapung
Getting there
How to reach Sarsa
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi317 kmcapital
- Kolkata298 km
- Delhi1108 km
- Hyderabad1289 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKaranpurato5 km
- Bus stopBaldiabari More21 km
- Hospital / PHCPHC, Banjhi7 km
- CollegeD S College41 km
- Police stationNaka No 2(Police Station)41 km
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View all 60+ →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
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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