Ray, Jharkhand

For other uses, see Ray.

Ray
Census Town
Ray Location in Jharkhand, India3 Show map of Jharkhand Ray Ray (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 23°41′06″N85°03′13″E / 23.6851°N 85.0535°E / 23.6851; 85.0535
Country	India
State	Jharkhand
District	Ranchi
Government
• Type	Federal democracy
Area
• Total	5.85 km2 (2.26 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	6,977
• Density	1,200/km2 (3,100/sq mi)
Languages (*For language details see Khelari block#Language and religion)
• Official	Hindi, Urdu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	829210
Telephone/ STD code	06530
Vehicle registration	JH 01
Literacy	77.17%
Lok Sabha constituency	Ranchi
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Kanke
Website	ranchi.nic.in

Ray is a census town in the Khelari CD block in the Ranchi Sadar subdivision of the Ranchi district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

Geography

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Cities, towns and locations in Ranchi district in South Chotanagpur Division
M: municipality, CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, N: neighbourhood, T: tourist centre, D: dam, H: historical/ religious centre
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly

Location

Ray is located at 23°41′06″N85°03′13″E / 23.6851°N 85.0535°E / 23.6851; 85.0535 .

Area overview

The map alongside shows a part of the Ranchi plateau, most of it at an average elevation of 2,140 feet above sea level. Only a small part in the north-eastern part of the district is the lower Ranchi plateau, spread over Silli, Rahe, Sonahatu and Tamar CD blocks, at an elevation of 500 to 1,000 feet above sea level. There is a 16 km long ridge south-west of Ranchi. There are isolated hills in the central plateau. The principal river of the district, the Subarnarekha, originates near Ratu, flows in an easterly direction and descends from the plateau, with a drop of about 300 feet at Hundru Falls. Subarnarekha and other important rivers are marked on the map. The forested area is shaded in the map. ^[1] A major part of the North Karanpura Area and some fringe areas of the Piparwar Area of the Central Coalfields Limited, both located in the North Karanpura Coalfield, are in Ranchi district. ^{[2] [3]} There has been extensive industrial activity in Ranchi district, since independence. ^[4] Ranchi district is the first in the state in terms of population. 8.83% of the total population of the state lives in this district - 56.9% is rural population and 43.1% is urban population. ^[5]

Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the district. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Ray had a total population of 6,977, of which 3,677 (53%) were males and 3,300 (47%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 1,010. The total number of literate persons in Ray was 4,605 (77.17% of the population over 6 years). ^[6]

Infrastructure

According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Ranchi, Ray covered an area of 5.85 km². Among the civic amenities, it had 15 km roads with open drains, the protected water supply involved hand pump, tap water from untreated sources,, overhead tank. It had 1,216 domestic electric connections. (There is something wrong with the data provided in the handbook for medical facilities in the census town - it exceeds the facilities for the CD block of which it is a part and also surpasses that of Ranchi city). Among the educational facilities it had 6 primary schools, 5 middle schools, other school facilities at Churi 5 km away. An important commodity it produced was coal. It had the branch office of 1 nationalised bank. ^[7]

Economy

The projects of the North Karanpura Area of Central Coalfields Ltd. in North Karanpura Coalfield are: Churi underground, Dakra Bukbuka opencast, K.D.H. opencast, Karkatta opencast, Rohini opencast, Purnadih opencast. ^[8]

Education

Uttari Karnpura Shramik Mahavidyalaya was established at Dakra in 1990. ^{[9] [10] [11]}

Government UPG High School is a Hindi-medium coeducational institute established in 1953 at Ray. It has facilities for teaching from class I to class X. It has a library with 455 books. ^[12]

Transport

There are stations at Ray and Khelari on the Barkakana-Son Nagar line. ^[13]

References

1. "District Census Handbook, Ranchi, Series 21, Part XII A" (PDF). Pages 10-11: Physiography, Drainage. Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
2. "Central Coalfields Limited". Areas – North Karanpura. CCL. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
3. "Central Coalfields Limited". Areas – Piparwar. CCL. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
4. "District Census Handbook, Ranchi, Series 21, Part XII A" (PDF). Page 14: Industry. Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
5. "District Census Handbook, Ranchi, Series 21, Part XII A" (PDF). Pages 10-11: Physiography, Drainage. Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
6. "District Census Handbook, Ranchi , Series 21, Part XII B" (PDF). Rural PCA-C.D. blocks wise Village Primary Census Abstract, location no. 373460, page 28-29. Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
7. "District Census Handbook Ranchi, Census of India 2011, Series 21, Part XII A" (PDF). Pages 675-681. Directorate of census Operations, Jharkhand. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
8. "Central Coalfields Limited". Areas – North Karanpura. CCL. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
9. "Uttari Karnpura Shramik Mahavidyalaya". UKSM. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
10. "Uttar Karanpur Shramik Mahavidyalaya". Shiksha. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
11. "Affiliated Colleges". Ranchi University. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
12. "Government UPG High School Ray". Schools.org. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
13. "53361 Barkakana-Varanasi Passenger". Time Table. IndiaRailInfo. Retrieved 11 September 2021.