Lalkhatanga is a small Village/hamlet in

Namkum Namkum is a community development block (CD block) forming an administrative division in the Ranchi Sadar subdivision of Ranchi district in the state of Jharkhand. Geography Namkum is located at 23°21'N 85°22'E. Namkum CD block is locate ...

Block in Ranchi district of

Jharkhand Jharkhand (; ; ) is a state in eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north and Odisha to the south. It has an area of . It ...

State, India. It comes under anchal of

. It is located 16 km from District headquarters and State capital

Ranchi Ranchi (, ) is the capital of the Indian state of Jharkhand. Ranchi was the centre of the Jharkhand movement, which called for a separate state for the tribal regions of South Bihar, northern Odisha, western West Bengal and the eastern area ...

Physiography

Ranchi Sadar Block towards west, Kanke Block towards North, Angara Block towards East, Ratu Block towards west.

Social structure

People in Lalkhatanga are very peaceful and they all love communal harmony. Mainly this village comprises large number of

Christian Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρι ...

Munda people The Munda people are an Austroasiatic speaking ethnic group of India. They predominantly speak the Mundari language as their native language, which belongs to the Munda subgroup of Austroasiatic languages. The Munda are found mainly concentr ...

with the surname Horo.

Demographics

Hindi Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been de ...

and Nagpuri are the most spoken languages in Lakhatanga.

Transport

Rail

There are two major railway stations near to Lalkhatanga in less than 10 km. However

Hatia railway station Hatia railway station, station code HTE, is the railway station serving the capital city of Ranchi in the Ranchi district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Hatia Station belongs to the Ranchi division of the South Eastern Railway Zone of the I ...

is the nearest railway station of about 3.5 km distance from Lalkatanga.

Roadways

Roads connecting major cities are providing movement for passenger and freight traffic. There is a district road connecting Torpa,

Murhu Murhu is a village in the Murhu CD block in the Khunti Sadar subdivision of the Khunti district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Geography Location Murhu is located at Area overview In the adjacent map the area shown is “undulating and co ...

, Govindpur, Khunti and Ranchi.

Healthcare

To cater the medical needs of patients, especially those with

tuberculosis Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease usually caused by '' Mycobacterium tuberculosis'' (MTB) bacteria. Tuberculosis generally affects the lungs, but it can also affect other parts of the body. Most infections show no symptoms, in ...

, people go to: * Govt. Hospital Khunti * Ramkrishna Sanatorium

Schools, colleges and universities

For making children literate the state government provides: * Govt. Basic School * Jaipal Singh High School * Birsa College Khunti * St Joseph Intermediate College, Torpa * Indian Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology

Tourism and Entertainment

Biodiversity Park, Ranchi{{Cite web, url=http://www.touristplaces.net.in/lalkhatanga-jh/biodiversity-park-ranchi/, title=Biodiversity Park, Ranchi, Lalkhatanga JH

References

Villages in Ranchi district