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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
ANIL TIRKEY
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- LGD code
- 374092
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population
- 1,571
- Households
- 320
- Literacy rate
- 67.2%
- Sex ratio
- 989 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 948
- Distance to district centre
- 44 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 42 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 27 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 308 km
- Nearest railway station
- Sidhwar · 11 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Shalini Hospital, Ranchi · 9 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Guru compares
By population, Guru ranks #22 of 51 villages in Ratu mandal.
Literacy rate
%
67.2%
+6.3% vs mandal average
- Guru
- 67.2%
- Ratu mandal
- 60.9%
- Ranchi district
- 65.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
989
+25 vs mandal average
- Guru
- 989
- Ratu mandal
- 964
Household size
people per home
4.9
−0.5 vs mandal average
- Guru
- 4.9
- Ratu mandal
- 5.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Guru at a glance
Guru is a village of 1,571 people in 320 households (Census 2011) in Ratu block, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, the 22nd-largest of 51 villages in Ratu block. Literacy is 67%, 6 points above the block average of 61% and the sex ratio is 989 women per 1,000 men. It lies 44 km from the Ranchi district centre, 36 km from Madhupur, the nearest town, 11 km from Sidhwar railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 834001, served by Church Road post office; the LGD village code is 374092. The nearest hospital or health centre is Shalini Hospital, Ranchi, 9 km away. The sarpanch is ANIL TIRKEY. The population is estimated at 1,852 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Guru
- 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
- 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
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- 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)
- 18
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 18
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 7
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- GURU BAJPUR
- Total area (ha)
- 188.52
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 84.77
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Guru
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Guru
- LGD code
- 374092
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,571
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,852
- Households
- 320
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 989
- Literacy rate
- 67.2%
- Coordinates
- 23.48969°N, 85.52163°E
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- ANIL TIRKEY
- Block / Mandal
- Ratu
Getting there
How to reach Guru
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi27 kmcapital
- Kolkata308 km
- Hyderabad999 km
- Delhi1007 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationSidhwar11 km
- Hospital / PHCShalini Hospital, Ranchi9 km
- ATM / bankUCO Bank12 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum3 km
- CollegeSarla Birla University19 km
- Police stationRajrappa Police Station20 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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