Schools in Jharkhand
Jharkhand has 44,376 schools (UDISE+ 2024-25): 35,788 government, 1,155 government-aided, 1,707 private unaided and 5,726 others. 23,595 schools with a primary section also have a pre-primary section.
Source: UDISE+ 2024-25 booklet, Ministry of Education (Tables 3.3-3.7), booklet PDF, read 20 Oct 2026.
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Districts
44,146 schools in the named-school list for Jharkhand, 11,837 of them with a pre-primary section.
- Bokaro2,168 schools
- Chatra1,826 schools
- Deoghar2,236 schools
- Dhanbad2,481 schools
- Dumka2,594 schools
- Garhwa1,606 schools
- Giridih3,609 schools
- Godda1,753 schools
- Gumla1,806 schools
- Hazaribagh2,253 schools
- Jamtara1,122 schools
- Khunti1,035 schools
- Koderma973 schools
- Latehar1,137 schools
- Lohardaga682 schools
- Pakur1,146 schools
- Palamu2,911 schools
- Pashchimi Singhbhum2,198 schools
- Purbi Singhbhum2,190 schools
- Ramgarh904 schools
- Ranchi3,278 schools
- Sahebganj1,513 schools
- Saraikela Kharsawan1,607 schools
- Simdega1,118 schools
UDISE data year: about 2019-20 (Shishya's estimate; the publisher does not state the year). Source: India Data Portal (Bharti Institute, ISB) and UDISE+, Ministry of Education. ODC-BY. Dataset · Licence (ODC-BY). Names and labels are shown exactly as UDISE prints them.
RTE 25% free seats in Jharkhand
Private unaided schools keep at least 25% of entry-class seats free for children from weaker sections and disadvantaged groups. Check your state's education department for the portal and dates. Read the Jharkhand RTE guide.