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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
PK
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
PREM KHALKHO
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- LGD code
- 374085
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population
- 3,051
- Households
- 544
- Literacy rate
- 54.6%
- Sex ratio
- 1030 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,369
Census 2011 · in context
How Chitarkota compares
By population, Chitarkota ranks #7 of 51 villages in Ratu mandal.
Literacy rate
%
54.6%
−6.3% vs mandal average
- Chitarkota
- 54.6%
- Ratu mandal
- 60.9%
- Ranchi district
- 65.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,030
+66 vs mandal average
- Chitarkota
- 1,030
- Ratu mandal
- 964
Household size
people per home
5.6
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Chitarkota
- 5.6
- Ratu mandal
- 5.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chitarkota at a glance
Chitarkota is a village of 3,051 people in 544 households (Census 2011) in Ratu block, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, the 7th-largest of 51 villages in Ratu block. Literacy is 55%, 6 points below the block average of 61% and the sex ratio is 1,030 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 834001, served by Church Road post office; the LGD village code is 374085. The sarpanch is PREM KHALKHO. The population is estimated at 3,597 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Chitarkota
- 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
- Yes
- 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)
- 10
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 10
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- PALI
- Total area (ha)
- 608
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 62.04
- Forest area (ha)
- 45.84
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Chitarkota
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Chitarkota
- LGD code
- 374085
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population (Census 2011)
- 3,051
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,597
- Households
- 544
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1030
- Literacy rate
- 54.6%
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- PREM KHALKHO
- Block / Mandal
- Ratu
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View all 51+ →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)