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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
FULMANI DEVI
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- LGD code
- 373528
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population
- 6,523
- Households
- 1,221
- Literacy rate
- 61.4%
- Sex ratio
- 970 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 2,197
Census 2011 · in context
How Simliya compares
By population, Simliya ranks #1 of 51 villages in Ratu mandal — the largest.
Literacy rate
%
61.4%
+0.5% vs mandal average
- Simliya
- 61.4%
- Ratu mandal
- 60.9%
- Ranchi district
- 65.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
970
+6 vs mandal average
- Simliya
- 970
- Ratu mandal
- 964
Household size
people per home
5.3
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Simliya
- 5.3
- Ratu mandal
- 5.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Simliya at a glance
Simliya is a village of 6,523 people in 1,221 households (Census 2011) in Ratu block, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, the largest of 51 villages in Ratu block. Literacy is 61%, about the same as the block average of 61% and the sex ratio is 970 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 834001, served by Church Road post office; the LGD village code is 373528. The sarpanch is FULMANI DEVI. The population is estimated at 7,691 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Simliya
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 12
- Power hours (winter)
- 9
- Primary school
- 5
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 1
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 1
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 1
- Veterinary hospital
- 1
- 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
- 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)
- 10
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 10
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 23
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- SIMILIYA
- Total area (ha)
- 944.41
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 8
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Simliya
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Key facts — Simliya
- LGD code
- 373528
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population (Census 2011)
- 6,523
- Population (projected 2026)
- 7,691
- Households
- 1,221
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 970
- Literacy rate
- 61.4%
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- FULMANI DEVI
- 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
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