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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Garadih is a village in Sonahatu mandal, Ranchi district, Jharkhand with a population of 1,181 across 284 households and a literacy rate of 56%. The village is situated at coordinates 23.161°N, 86.425°E.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SABITA DEVI
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- LGD code
- 373949
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population
- 1,181
- Households
- 284
- Literacy rate
- 56%
- Sex ratio
- 923 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 692
- Distance to district centre
- 59 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 40 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 116 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 209 km
- Nearest railway station
- Tamna railway station · 14 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Pichasi Hospital · 11 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Garadih compares
By population, Garadih ranks #21 of 64 villages in Sonahatu mandal.
Literacy rate
%
56.0%
−0.3% vs mandal average
Garadih56.0%
Sonahatu mandal56.3%
Ranchi district65.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
923
−51 vs mandal average
Garadih923
Sonahatu mandal974
Household size
people per home
4.2
−0.1 vs mandal average
Garadih4.2
Sonahatu mandal4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Garadih at a glance
Garadih is a village of 1,181 people in 284 households (Census 2011) in Sonahatu block, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, the 21st-largest of 64 villages in Sonahatu block. Literacy is 56%, about the same as the block average of 56% and the sex ratio is 923 women per 1,000 men. It lies 59 km from the Ranchi district centre, 37 km from Ghatiali, the nearest town, 14 km from Tamna railway station railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 834001, served by Church Road post office; the LGD village code is 373949. The nearest hospital or health centre is Pichasi Hospital, 11 km away. The sarpanch is SABITA DEVI, and the village votes in Ichagarh assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sabita Mahato. The population is estimated at 180 in 2026, down 85% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Garadih
- 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
- 2
- 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)
- 48
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 48
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 416
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 150.2
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Garadih
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Garadih
- LGD code
- 373949
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,181
- Population (projected 2026)
- 180
- Households
- 284
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 923
- Literacy rate
- 56.0%
- Coordinates
- 23.16149°N, 86.42528°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Ranchi
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Ichagarh
- Member of Parliament
- Sanjay Seth
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sabita Mahato
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SABITA DEVI
- Block / Mandal
- Sonahatu
Getting there
How to reach Garadih
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi116 kmcapital
- Kolkata209 km
- Hyderabad1048 km
- Delhi1103 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationTamna railway station14 km
- Bus stopPurulia Town Bus Stand20 km
- Hospital / PHCPichasi Hospital11 km
- Petrol pumpPetrol Pump (Tata Route)18 km
- CollegeMajhihira D.el.ed college14 km
- Police stationHirbandh Police Station41 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
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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