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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Tigra is a village in Lapung mandal, Ranchi district, Jharkhand. It has a population of 375 across 64 households with a literacy rate of 58.7%. The village is located at coordinates 23.378°N, 86.072°E.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
ALKA TIRKEY
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- LGD code
- 374464
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population
- 375
- Households
- 64
- Literacy rate
- 58.7%
- Sex ratio
- 1060 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 181
- Distance to district centre
- 16 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 35 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 78 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 251 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kotshila Junction · 4 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Kotshila Rural Hospital · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Tigra compares
By population, Tigra ranks #65 of 79 villages in Lapung mandal.
Literacy rate
%
58.7%
+8.3% vs mandal average
- Tigra
- 58.7%
- Lapung mandal
- 50.4%
- Ranchi district
- 65.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,060
+47 vs mandal average
- Tigra
- 1,060
- Lapung mandal
- 1,013
Household size
people per home
5.9
+0.6 vs mandal average
- Tigra
- 5.9
- Lapung mandal
- 5.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Tigra at a glance
Tigra is a village of 375 people in 64 households (Census 2011) in Lapung block, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, the 65th-largest of 79 villages in Lapung block. Literacy is 59%, 8 points above the block average of 50% and the sex ratio is 1,060 women per 1,000 men. It lies 16 km from the Ranchi district centre, 11 km from Ghatiali, the nearest town, 4 km from Kotshila Junction railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 834001, served by Church Road post office; the LGD village code is 374464. The nearest hospital or health centre is Kotshila Rural Hospital, 3 km away. The sarpanch is ALKA TIRKEY, and the village votes in Gomia assembly constituency, represented by MLA Yogendra Prasad. The population is estimated at 2,250 in 2026, up 500% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Tigra
- 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
- 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)
- 55
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 55
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 23
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- LATRATU
- Total area (ha)
- 117.21
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 18.99
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Tigra
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Tigra
- LGD code
- 374464
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population (Census 2011)
- 375
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,250
- Households
- 64
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1060
- Literacy rate
- 58.7%
- Coordinates
- 23.37762°N, 86.07175°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Giridih
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Gomia
- Member of Parliament
- Chandra Prakash Choudhary
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Yogendra Prasad
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- ALKA TIRKEY
- Block / Mandal
- Lapung
Getting there
How to reach Tigra
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi78 kmcapital
- Kolkata251 km
- Hyderabad1034 km
- Delhi1059 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKotshila Junction4 km
- Hospital / PHCKotshila Rural Hospital3 km
- ATM / bankSBI ATM33 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil30 km
- CollegeSidho-Kanho-Birsha University27 km
- Police stationRajrappa Police Station47 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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