Jhargaon observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Assam.
Temples near Jhargaon
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Jhargaon is a village in Mayong mandal, Marigaon district, Assam, with a population of 3,085 spread across 604 households. It has a literacy rate of 72.5% and is located at coordinates 26.133°N, 91.780°E.
By population, Jhargaon ranks #13 of 183 villages in Mayong mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Jhargaon is a village of 3,085 people in 604 households (Census 2011) in Mayong block, Marigaon district, Assam, the 13th-largest of 183 villages in Mayong block. Literacy is 73%, 19 points above the block average of 54% and the sex ratio is 964 women per 1,000 men. It lies 92 km from the Marigaon district centre, 6 km from New Guwahati railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 782411, served by Jagibhakatgaon post office; the LGD village code is 283530. The nearest hospital or health centre is Chand Homeo Clinic, <1 km away. The sarpanch is Bandana Mazumdar Deka, and the village votes in Gauhati East assembly constituency, represented by MLA Siddhartha Bhattacharya. The population is estimated at 2,412 in 2026, down 22% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Jhargaon →
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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2 Mosques, 6 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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