Jarkha observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
By population, Jarkha ranks #4 of 118 villages in Paliganj mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Jarkha is a village of 8,875 people in 1,521 households (Census 2011) in Paliganj block, Patna district, Bihar, the 4th-largest of 118 villages in Paliganj block. Literacy is 51%, about the same as the block average of 51% and the sex ratio is 902 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 801110, served by Paliganj post office; the LGD village code is 245791. The village votes in Bakhtiarpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Arun Kumar S/O Satrughan Sao. The population is estimated at 10,464 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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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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