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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Sarita Devi
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- LGD code
- 373923
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population
- 373
- Households
- 86
- Literacy rate
- 54.7%
- Sex ratio
- 1119 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 219
Census 2011 · in context
How Marchadih compares
By population, Marchadih ranks #58 of 64 villages in Sonahatu mandal.
Literacy rate
%
54.7%
−1.6% vs mandal average
- Marchadih
- 54.7%
- Sonahatu mandal
- 56.3%
- Ranchi district
- 65.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,119
+145 vs mandal average
- Marchadih
- 1,119
- Sonahatu mandal
- 974
Household size
people per home
4.3
Same as the mandal average
- Marchadih
- 4.3
- Sonahatu mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Marchadih at a glance
Marchadih is a village of 373 people in 86 households (Census 2011) in Sonahatu block, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, the 58th-largest of 64 villages in Sonahatu block. Literacy is 55%, 2 points below the block average, and the sex ratio is 1,119 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 834001, served by Church Road post office; the LGD village code is 373923. The sarpanch is Sarita Devi, and the village votes in Ichagarh assembly constituency, represented by Sabita Mahato. The population is estimated at 440 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Marchadih
- LGD code
- 373923
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population (Census 2011)
- 373
- Population (projected 2026)
- 440
- Households
- 86
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1119
- Literacy rate
- 54.7%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Ranchi
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Ichagarh
- Member of Parliament
- Sanjay Seth
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sabita Mahato
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Sarita Devi
- Block / Mandal
- Sonahatu
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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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- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)