Dak observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
By population, Dak ranks #69 of 108 villages in Forbesganj mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dak is a village of 1,537 people in 304 households (Census 2011) in Forbesganj block, Araria district, Bihar, the 69th-largest of 108 villages in Forbesganj block. Literacy is 44%, 3 points above the block average of 42% and the sex ratio is 888 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 854318, served by Forbesganj post office; the LGD village code is 221611. The sarpanch is PARMANAND RISHI, and the village votes in Phulparas assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sheela Kumari. The population is estimated at 1,812 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Haripur →
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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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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