RANCHI DISTRICT – DISTRICT PROFILE (JHARKHAND)

Sex Ratio

18 Male 949
49% 51%
Female

Total Literacy 76.06%

5097
Total Population :2914253 Male 84.26%
State Level
GSDP (Base Female 67.44%
YoY
year 2011-12) 2020-21 Density
Growth
(in Crores) 43% Rural Rural 67.81%
57% Urban
572
Current 317079 -1.27 Urban 86.55%
Constant 227082 -4.75 Out of total pop. age 7 & above in its category

Workers - Total, Main & Marginal

State Level
756176
Mortality Rate Urban Rural Total
No. of Schools
3413 553949
Neonatal mortality
17.7 30.4 28.2
rate (NNMR) 386691
No. of Teachers
30129 Infant mortality rate 190018 202227 196673
22.2 41.1 37.9
(IMR)
No. of Students
748997 Under-five mortality
27.3 49.2 45.4 Total Male Female
(includes pre-primary) rate (U5MR)
Main Marginal
Basic Profile
Ranchi district is a district in the state of Jharkhand. The Ranchi district ranks third in terms of area and first in terms of population. There are eighteen blocks/subdivisions under the district covering
5097 Km2 as per census 2011.

Demography

Census of India 2011:

The total population of the “Ranchi district” is 2914253 and out of this total population, urban population is 1257335 (43%) and rural population is 1656918 (57%). Female population in the district is
1419316 (49%) and male population is 1494937. Hence the sex ratio accounts as 949 females per 1000 males. The Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) population is 152943 and
1042016 respectively.

The total number of households in the Ranchi district is 569444 according to Census data. The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act/Scheme (MNREGA) 2021-22 registered
labour reports shows 426329 registered household with MNREGA in the district.
Literacy Levels

Gender-wise Literacy Rate (%)

Overall Literacy Rate (%) Overall literacy rate of Ranchi district is 76.06 percent. The
84.26
rural-urban literacy is reported as 67.81 and 86.55 percent. 76.06
86.55
67.44
76.06 There is a huge gap between the rural and urban literacy
67.81
rates. Urban literacy is higher than the overall district literacy
rate.
Gender-wise literacy rates indicate that, female literacy is
67.44 and it is lower than the male literacy rate. Male literacy
rate is 84.26 which is higher than the district literacy rate.

Overall Literacy Rural literacy Urban literacy Overall Literacy Male literacy Female literacy

Source : Census of India 2011

Source : Census of India 2011
Socio-Economic Profile GSDP Estimates

Gross Value Added by Economic Activity (2020-21)

The socio-economic profile of Jharkhand indicates that, the state is service sector oriented economy (29 percent). The
Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) at current prices for the year 2020-21 is accounted as 317078.73 Rs.Cr. Among the
State Level
sectors, service sector tops in value added followed by Industry and Manufacturing sectors.
9%
Per Capita NSDP of Jharkhand (in Rs.) 36% 17%
State Level
In terms of Per Capita NSDP, between 6%
77738.83
2018-19 and 2019-20, there is an increase, 3%
29%
whereas in 2020-21, it declined to
75587.18 Rs, which can be attributed to

75421.47 75587.18 pandemic and lockdown in the whole Agriculture Manufacturing

nation. Construction Industry
Banking and Insurance Services
Source : NSO, MoSPI,GoI 2020-21
2018-19 2019-20 2020-21
Source : NSO, MoSPI,GoI 2020-21

Worker Profile District Level Cultivators 28%

The worker profile of Ranchi district consist of 1142867 total workers
Main vs Marginal Workers
with 66 percent main workers and 34 percent marginal workers. The
gender classification divides the population into 65% male workers and Agricultural Labour 23%
34% 35% female workers.

66% According to the Census 2011, the workers are further classified into
cultivators, agricultural labour, household workers and others. In Ranchi Household Workers 3%
district, the category of others have the highest share in total workers
and household workers have least.
Main Marginal
Others 45%
Source : Census of India 2011 Source : Census of India 2011
 Livelihood Profile Forest Cover in Ranchi
District Forest Area (Sq.
1,164.49
km)
5%

Geographical Area (Sq.

Land Holdings 5,097
31% Km)
Forest Cover
63% % of Geographical Area 22.85
Number & Area (hectare) of Land Holdings
275427
% Change from
201971 previous assessment 0.49
(2017)
Number Very Dense Forest Mod. Dense Forest Open Forest
Area
28697 29208 Scrub (Sq. Km) 35.35
1150 1940
Source: India State of Forest Report 2019
Total Operational Total Women Holding Total Institutional
Holding Holding

Source: Agricultural Census 2015-16 MGNREGA in Ranchi district

According to the MGNREGA Employment Generation report 2021-22, there are 22037 Scheduled Caste
State Level: households, and 173807 Scheduled Tribes households were issued job cards.
Percentage Distribution of Usually Working Persons (PS+SS)
Other services 1.25

Transport, Storage and… 4.13 Registered Household with MNREGA

Trade, Hotel, and… 1.46 Ranchi District 426329

Construction Sector 14.58
Cumulative No. of Households issued job cards
Electricity 0.14

Manufacturing Sector 8.14 SCs STs Others Total

Mining and Quarrying 0.89 Ranchi District 22037 173807 184492 380336
Agriculture Sector 54.05 Jharkhand 642726 1829718 3653309 6125753
(PS: Principal Status ; SS: Secondary Status)
Source: Periodic Labour Force Survey 2019-20 Source: MGNREGA, 2021-22
 Educational Status

According to the Unified District Information System for Education (UDISE+) , there are 3413 schools functioning in the district. Primary schools, that is from 1st standard to 5th standard are
1608 whereas upper-primary schools accounts for 1200.
In terms of enrolment, total enrolment in the district, including the pre-primary schools is 748997 during 2020-21.. Enrolment during the same period, excluding pre-primary schools is 694182.

Schools Enrolment Teachers

Total Number of Schools 3413 Total enrolment (with Pre-primary)-Girls 365418 Total teachers 30129

Total enrolment (with Pre-primary)-Boys 383579 Male teachers 18006

Government Schools 2134

Total enrolment (with Pre-primary)-Total 748997 Female teachers 12123

Private Schools 261
Total enrolment (without Pre-primary)-Girls 340434 Contractual teachers NA

Primary Schools 1608

Total enrolment (without Pre-primary)-Boys 353748 Contractual teachers-Male NA

Upper Primary Schools 1200 Total enrolment (without Pre-primary)-Total 694182 Contractual teachers-Female NA

Source: Unified District Information System

Source : Unified District Information System for Education (UDISE+) 2020-21
for Education (UDISE+) 2019-20
NA: Not Available

Average Annual Primary- Upper primary- Upper Upper primary- Secondary- Secondary-
Primary-Girls Primary-Boys Secondary-Girls
Overall Girls primary-Boys Overall Boys Overall
Drop Out Rate
4.16 5.96 5.1 3.71 4.31 4.01 6.52 4.03 5.29
Source : Unified District Information System for Education (UDISE+) 2020-21
 Infrastructure and School Facilities

WASH Facility(Drinking
Functional Functional Girl's Functional Computer
Water, Toilet and Internet
Electricity Toilet Drinking Water Available
Handwash)

94.93% 97.48% 98.68% 90.42% 42.81% 71.61%

Source : Unified District Information System for Education (UDISE+) 2020-21

The UDISE+ data also provides the infrastructure and school facilities data at both State and district level. Among the indicators, 6 indicators are selected and provided here. Only
94.93 percent schools have functional electricity. Similarly, in terms of toilet facility, 97.48 percent schools have functional girl’s toilet. Drinking water is the most basic need and 98.68
percent of schools in Ranchi district provided functional drinking water facility in their schools. The overall WASH facility – drinking water, toilet and handwash is provided in 90.42
percent of schools. As per the data of 2020-21, only 42.81 percent of schools in Ranchi district have internet facility, whereas 71.61 percent schools have computer available with
them.

Health Status and Basic Amenities

During 2019-21 (NFHS-5), the district, Ranchi district recorded 86.3 percent of the Basic Amenities
population living in households have access to improved drinking water sources.
Likewise, population living in households that use an improved sanitation facility Improved
Drinking
also recorded 77.2 percent during the same period. Other basic amenities like clean Water 86.3%
fuel for cooking is only available for 57.7 % however electricity (99.3 percent) is source
available for majority of the households.

Basic Improved
57.7 % Clean Fuel for
State Level District level Sanitation 55.2 %
Cooking Amenities Facility
Out of Pocket Expenditure on Health Average Out of Pocket Expenditure per
delivery in Public Facility (Rs.)
NFHS-5 (2019-20) state report
shows the average out-of-pocket NFHS-5 2,394
expenditure per delivery in a Electricity
public health facility is Rs. 2069.0.
NFHS-4 1,706
According to NFHS 4 (2015-16), it
was Rs.1,476. Source : National Family Health Survey-5 2019-21 99.3 %
NA: Not Available
Source : National Family Health Survey-5 2019-21
 Health Facilities

According to the Health Management Information System (HMIS) annual report 2019-20, there are five type of health facilities coming under every state health department - Sub
Centres (SCs), Primary Health Centres (PHCs), Community Health Centres (CHCs), Sub-District Hospitals (SDHs) and District Hospitals (DHs), apart from Medical Colleges at top.
In the case of district profile, number of medical colleges per district is very limited or rare.
Medical Colleges* -
The health facilities pyramid shows the structure of institutions serving the
population in both rural and urban areas. There are 3 medical colleges in District Hospital/Sub-District 1
the state of Jharkhand as per 2019, and in Ranchi district there is 1 Hospital*

district hospital. Community Health

Centre 13
In Ranchi district, there are 13 community health centres, 18 primary
health centres and 274 sub-centres as per 2018 data. Primary
Health Centre 18

Source: Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, GoI 2019 Sub

Centre 274
*Data sourced from Rural Health Statistics 2018-19
Insights from NFHS-5

State level Infant Mortality Rate (2019-21) – 37.9

District level Institutional Births (2019-21) – 87.3 %

NFHS-5 also provides information regarding the nutritional status of women and children.
One of the major indicators on vaccination is – vaccination from private and
• 62.8 percent of children aged between 6-59 months are anaemic.
Government facility. In Ranchi district, children of age 12-23 months who
• Women in the age group of 15-49 also shows high incidence of anaemia (58.9 percent).
received most of their vaccinations in a public health facility is higher (91.3
percent) than private facility. 78.0 percent of the children aged between 12-23
months received the three doses of polio vaccine.