Kantu, Ratu

Kantu is a village located in the Ratu Subdivision of Ranchi district of Jharkhand. The village falls in Ratu block and comes under Lahna Gram Panchayat. It belongs to Ranchi parliament constituency and Hatia assembly constituency.

As on February 2025, the current population of Kantu is 939 out of which 479 are males and rest 460 are females. The sex ratio of this village is 960 females per 1000 males. There are around 93 teenagers in Kantu. It has literacy rate of 66% which means around 617 persons can read and write. Total 7 people belonging to scheduled caste and 596 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 196 households in Kantu, which means every family has 5 members on average. The village has working population of 435. The pincode of Kantu 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

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

• Govt Upgrade Middle School Katu
• Upgrade Primary School Kathitanr

Banks

Kantu 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