Kakra, Namkum

Kakra is a village located in the Namkum Subdivision of Ranchi district of Jharkhand. The village falls in Namkum block and comes under Huwanghatu Gram Panchayat. It belongs to Ranchi parliament constituency and Khijri assembly constituency.

As on October 2025, the current population of Kakra is 1.1 thousands out of which 547 are males and rest 543 are females. The sex ratio of this village is 993 females per 1000 males. There are around 126 teenagers in Kakra. It has literacy rate of 45% which means around 489 persons can read and write. Total 0 people belonging to scheduled caste and 917 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 203 households in Kakra, which means every family has 5 members on average. The village has working population of 893. The pincode of Kakra is 834001 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.

• Ranchi GPO
• Kokar Sub Post office
• Lalpur SO Ranchi
• Ranchi Court Sub Post office
• Chutia Sub Post office

Schools

Kakra has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.

• Govt Upgrade Middle School Kakra
• Upgrade Primary School Heslapiri Kakra
• Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan New Primary School Dokapiri

Banks

Kakra has many good banks for financial services and follwing are popular among people.

• AU Small Finance Bank Lalpur Ranchi
• Bank of Baroda Ranchi
• Bank of Baroda Lalpur Chowk, Jharkhand
• Bank of Baroda Ranchi Branch
• Bank of Baroda Stressed Recovery