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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SARITA SINGH MUNDA
Contact: 62****4393
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- LGD code
- 373841
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population
- 1,773
- Households
- 408
- Literacy rate
- 60.2%
- Sex ratio
- 950 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 957
Census 2011 · in context
How Barachangru compares
By population, Barachangru ranks #18 of 96 villages in Silli mandal.
Literacy rate
%
60.2%
−2.2% vs mandal average
- Barachangru
- 60.2%
- Silli mandal
- 62.4%
- Ranchi district
- 65.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
950
−12 vs mandal average
- Barachangru
- 950
- Silli mandal
- 962
Household size
people per home
4.3
−0.5 vs mandal average
- Barachangru
- 4.3
- Silli mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Barachangru at a glance
Barachangru is a village of 1,773 people in 408 households (Census 2011) in Silli block, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, the 18th-largest of 96 villages in Silli block. Literacy is 60%, 2 points below the block average of 62% and the sex ratio is 950 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 834001, served by Church Road post office; the LGD village code is 373841. The sarpanch is SARITA SINGH MUNDA, and the village votes in Silli assembly constituency, represented by MLA Amit Kumar. The population is estimated at 2,090 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Barachangru
- 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
- 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
- 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)
- 50
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 50
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 60
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BARACHANGRU
- Total area (ha)
- 347
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Barachangru
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Barachangru
- LGD code
- 373841
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,773
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,090
- Households
- 408
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 950
- Literacy rate
- 60.2%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Ranchi
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Silli
- Member of Parliament
- Sanjay Seth
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Amit Kumar
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SARITA SINGH MUNDA
- Block / Mandal
- Silli
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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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