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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
ANIL TIRKEY
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- LGD code
- 374097
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population
- 1,141
- Households
- 214
- Literacy rate
- 60.6%
- Sex ratio
- 998 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 428
- Distance to district centre
- 77 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 73 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 12 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 336 km
- Nearest railway station
- Piska · 5 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Guru hospital · 2 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Bhonra compares
By population, Bhonra ranks #27 of 51 villages in Ratu mandal.
Literacy rate
%
60.6%
−0.3% vs mandal average
- Bhonra
- 60.6%
- Ratu mandal
- 60.9%
- Ranchi district
- 65.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
998
+34 vs mandal average
- Bhonra
- 998
- Ratu mandal
- 964
Household size
people per home
5.3
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Bhonra
- 5.3
- Ratu mandal
- 5.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bhonra at a glance
Bhonra is a village of 1,141 people in 214 households (Census 2011) in Ratu block, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, the 27th-largest of 51 villages in Ratu block. Literacy is 61%, about the same as the block average of 61% and the sex ratio is 998 women per 1,000 men. It lies 77 km from the Ranchi district centre, 53 km from Barkagaon, the nearest town, 5 km from Piska railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 834001, served by Church Road post office; the LGD village code is 374097. The nearest hospital or health centre is Guru hospital, 2 km away. The sarpanch is ANIL TIRKEY. The population is estimated at 729 in 2026, down 36% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bhonra
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- 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)
- 15
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 15
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BIJULIYA
- Total area (ha)
- 196.04
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 20.44
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bhonra
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bhonra
- LGD code
- 374097
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,141
- Population (projected 2026)
- 729
- Households
- 214
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 998
- Literacy rate
- 60.6%
- Coordinates
- 23.37344°N, 85.20148°E
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- ANIL TIRKEY
- Block / Mandal
- Ratu
Getting there
How to reach Bhonra
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi12 kmcapital
- Kolkata336 km
- Hyderabad966 km
- Delhi988 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationPiska5 km
- Bus stopITI Bus Stand8 km
- Hospital / PHCGuru hospital2 km
- ATM / bankBank of India5 km
- Petrol pumpM/S Hiramani Fuels4 km
- CollegeInstitute of Science & Management9 km
- Police stationPandra Police Station8 km
Nearest to the village
- Health centre
- Guru hospital2.4 km
- Petrol pump
- Kaushiki Shilpi Fuel Centre3.9 km
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View all 51+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-07
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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