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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
NILMANI TIRKEY
Contact: 62****3837
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- LGD code
- 373986
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population
- 290
- Households
- 62
- Literacy rate
- 50%
- Sex ratio
- 790 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 128
Census 2011 · in context
How Chitir compares
By population, Chitir ranks #81 of 97 villages in Namkum mandal.
Literacy rate
%
50.0%
−9.9% vs mandal average
Chitir50.0%
Namkum mandal59.9%
Ranchi district65.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
790
−199 vs mandal average
Chitir790
Namkum mandal989
Household size
people per home
4.7
−0.4 vs mandal average
Chitir4.7
Namkum mandal5.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chitir at a glance
Chitir is a village of 290 people in 62 households (Census 2011) in Namkum block, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, the 81st-largest of 97 villages in Namkum block. Literacy is 50%, 10 points below the block average of 60% and the sex ratio is 790 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 834001, served by Church Road post office; the LGD village code is 373986. The sarpanch is NILMANI TIRKEY. The population is estimated at 342 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Chitir
- 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
- 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)
- 20
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 20
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 22
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- HARDAG
- Total area (ha)
- 89.81
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 7.61
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Chitir
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Chitir
- LGD code
- 373986
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population (Census 2011)
- 290
- Population (projected 2026)
- 342
- Households
- 62
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 790
- Literacy rate
- 50.0%
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- NILMANI TIRKEY
- Block / Mandal
- Namkum
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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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