Sumka observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
By population, Sumka ranks #30 of 68 villages in Ariari mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sumka is a village of 1,245 people in 179 households (Census 2011) in Ariari block, Sheikhpura district, Bihar, the 30th-largest of 68 villages in Ariari block. Literacy is 58%, 12 points above the block average of 46% and the sex ratio is 933 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 811105, served by Sheikhpura (Sheikhpura) post office; the LGD village code is 244105. The sarpanch is RAHUL KUMAR, and the village votes in Tarapur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Samrat Choudhary. The population is estimated at 1,468 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Chorvar →
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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