Alkusa observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Jharkhand.
By population, Alkusa ranks #29 of 126 villages in Chas mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Alkusa is a village of 2,876 people in 539 households (Census 2011) in Chas block, Bokaro district, Jharkhand, the 29th-largest of 126 villages in Chas block. Literacy is 49%, 7 points below the block average of 55% and the sex ratio is 954 women per 1,000 men. It lies 37 km from the Bokaro district centre, 56 km from Ghatiali, the nearest town, 2 km from Rukni Junction railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 827013, served by Chas (Bokaro) post office; the LGD village code is 362634. The nearest hospital or health centre is Lokeswarananda Eye Foundation, 5 km away. The sarpanch is ROHIT RAJAK, and the village votes in Sindri assembly constituency, represented by MLA Chandradeo Mahato Alias Bablu Mahato. The population is estimated at 1,358 in 2026, down 53% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Alkusha →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alkusa · this village | 2,876 | 49% | — |
| Alkusa · Para | 1,069 | 62% | 0 km N |
| Alkusa · Sarath | 375 | 53% | 0 km N |
| Dhulabad · Para | 1,448 | 59% | 1 km N |
| Chautala · Para | 362 | 57% | 1.5 km S |
| Kashiberia · Para | 861 | 53% | 1.5 km NW |
| Khaira Chak · Raghunathpur - II | 47 | 79% | 1.8 km N |
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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