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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
PK
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Prakash Khalkho
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- LGD code
- 374166
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population
- 3,074
- Households
- 558
- Literacy rate
- 71.5%
- Sex ratio
- 1008 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,078
Census 2011 · in context
How Katchancho compares
By population, Katchancho ranks #9 of 69 villages in Mandar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
71.5%
+14.2% vs mandal average
- Katchancho
- 71.5%
- Mandar mandal
- 57.3%
- Ranchi district
- 65.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,008
+34 vs mandal average
- Katchancho
- 1,008
- Mandar mandal
- 974
Household size
people per home
5.5
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Katchancho
- 5.5
- Mandar mandal
- 5.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Katchancho at a glance
Katchancho is a village of 3,074 people in 558 households (Census 2011) in Mandar block, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, the 9th-largest of 69 villages in Mandar block. Literacy is 72%, 14 points above the block average of 57% and the sex ratio is 1,008 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 834001, served by Church Road post office; the LGD village code is 374166. The sarpanch is Prakash Khalkho, and the village votes in Barkagaon assembly constituency, represented by MLA Roshan Lal Choudhary. The population is estimated at 3,624 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Katchancho
- 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
- 2
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 1
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- 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)
- 29
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 29
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 0
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- MANDAR
- Total area (ha)
- 275
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 1.18
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Katchancho
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Katchancho
- LGD code
- 374166
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population (Census 2011)
- 3,074
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,624
- Households
- 558
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1008
- Literacy rate
- 71.5%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Hazaribagh
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Barkagaon
- Member of Parliament
- Manish Jaiswal
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Roshan Lal Choudhary
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Prakash Khalkho
- Block / Mandal
- Mandar
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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
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)