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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SUNITA ORAON
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- LGD code
- 374265
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population
- 962
- Households
- 189
- Literacy rate
- 48.6%
- Sex ratio
- 996 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 564
Census 2011 · in context
How Melani compares
By population, Melani ranks #37 of 67 villages in Chanho mandal.
Literacy rate
%
48.6%
−7.2% vs mandal average
- Melani
- 48.6%
- Chanho mandal
- 55.8%
- Ranchi district
- 65.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
996
+16 vs mandal average
- Melani
- 996
- Chanho mandal
- 980
Household size
people per home
5.1
−0.4 vs mandal average
- Melani
- 5.1
- Chanho mandal
- 5.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Melani at a glance
Melani is a village of 962 people in 189 households (Census 2011) in Chanho block, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, the 37th-largest of 67 villages in Chanho block. Literacy is 49%, 7 points below the block average, and the sex ratio is 996 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 834001, served by Church Road post office; the LGD village code is 374265. The sarpanch is SUNITA ORAON, and the village votes in Ramgarh assembly constituency, represented by Mamta Devi. The population is estimated at 1,134 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Murto →
Key facts — Melani
- LGD code
- 374265
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population (Census 2011)
- 962
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,134
- Households
- 189
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 996
- Literacy rate
- 48.6%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Hazaribagh
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Ramgarh
- Member of Parliament
- Manish Jaiswal
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Mamta Devi
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SUNITA ORAON
- Block / Mandal
- Chanho
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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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