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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Chamra Oraon
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- LGD code
- 374147
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population
- 4,665
- Households
- 897
- Literacy rate
- 60.7%
- Sex ratio
- 964 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,738
- Distance to district centre
- 109 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 63 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 43 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 366 km
- Nearest railway station
- Nagjua · 1 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Hannah Clinic · 20 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Karge compares
By population, Karge ranks #2 of 69 villages in Mandar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
60.7%
+3.4% vs mandal average
- Karge
- 60.7%
- Mandar mandal
- 57.3%
- Ranchi district
- 65.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
964
−10 vs mandal average
- Karge
- 964
- Mandar mandal
- 974
Household size
people per home
5.2
−0.4 vs mandal average
- Karge
- 5.2
- Mandar mandal
- 5.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Karge at a glance
Karge is a village of 4,665 people in 897 households (Census 2011) in Mandar block, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, the 2nd-largest of 69 villages in Mandar block. Literacy is 61%, 3 points above the block average of 57% and the sex ratio is 964 women per 1,000 men. It lies 109 km from the Ranchi district centre, 26 km from Sisai, the nearest town, 1 km from Nagjua railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 834001, served by Church Road post office; the LGD village code is 374147. The nearest hospital or health centre is Hannah Clinic, 20 km away. The sarpanch is Chamra Oraon, and the village votes in Barkagaon assembly constituency, represented by MLA Roshan Lal Choudhary. The population is estimated at 5,500 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Karge
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- Yes
- 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
- 1
- 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
- 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)
- 30
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 30
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 5
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KARGE
- Total area (ha)
- 747.05
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 47.95
- Forest area (ha)
- 150
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Karge
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Key facts — Karge
- LGD code
- 374147
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population (Census 2011)
- 4,665
- Population (projected 2026)
- 5,500
- Households
- 897
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 964
- Literacy rate
- 60.7%
- Coordinates
- 23.37376°N, 84.89184°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Hazaribagh
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Barkagaon
- Member of Parliament
- Manish Jaiswal
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Roshan Lal Choudhary
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Chamra Oraon
- Block / Mandal
- Mandar
- Nearest railway station
- Nagjua (1.4 km)
Getting there
How to reach Karge
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi43 kmcapital
- Kolkata366 km
- Hyderabad943 km
- Delhi963 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationNagjua1 km
- Hospital / PHCHannah Clinic20 km
- ATM / bankBank of India33 km
- Petrol pumpReliance Petroleum33 km
- CollegeInstitute of Science & Management40 km
- Police stationPandra Police Station40 km
Nearest to the village
- Railway station
- Nagjua1.4 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
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