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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
RANI KUI
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- LGD code
- 377572
- Pincode
- 833103
- Post office
- Goilkera
- Population
- 633
- Households
- 126
- Literacy rate
- 29.7%
- Sex ratio
- 1042 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 343
Census 2011 · in context
How Horo compares
By population, Horo ranks #45 of 114 villages in Goilkera mandal.
Literacy rate
%
29.7%
−7.5% vs mandal average
- Horo
- 29.7%
- Goilkera mandal
- 37.2%
- West Singhbhum district
- 48.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,042
+48 vs mandal average
- Horo
- 1,042
- Goilkera mandal
- 994
Household size
people per home
5.0
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Horo
- 5.0
- Goilkera mandal
- 4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Horo at a glance
Horo is a village of 633 people in 126 households (Census 2011) in Goilkera block, West Singhbhum district, Jharkhand, the 45th-largest of 114 villages in Goilkera block. Literacy is 30%, 8 points below the block average of 37% and the sex ratio is 1,042 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 833103, served by Goilkera post office; the LGD village code is 377572. The sarpanch is RANI KUI, and the village votes in Nirsa assembly constituency, represented by MLA Arup Chatterjee. The population is estimated at 746 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Horo
- 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
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- CHAKRADHARPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 55
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 81
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 15
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KEBRA
- Total area (ha)
- 282
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 1.78
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Horo
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Horo
- LGD code
- 377572
- Pincode
- 833103
- Post office
- Goilkera
- Population (Census 2011)
- 633
- Population (projected 2026)
- 746
- Households
- 126
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1042
- Literacy rate
- 29.7%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Dhanbad
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Nirsa
- Member of Parliament
- Dulu Mahato
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Arup Chatterjee
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- RANI KUI
- Block / Mandal
- Goilkera
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
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