Gas tanker catches fire on Bokaro bridge, traffic halted on NH-32
Gas tanker catches fire on Bokaro bridge, traffic halted on NH-32 (via Daily Pioneer). Read the full story at the source.
Khakhanda observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Jharkhand.
By population, Khakhanda ranks #33 of 116 villages in Gomia mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Khakhanda is a village of 1,405 people in 276 households (Census 2011) in Gomia block, Bokaro district, Jharkhand, the 33rd-largest of 116 villages in Gomia block. Literacy is 60%, 14 points above the block average of 47% and the sex ratio is 1,033 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 829134, served by Sarubera post office; the LGD village code is 362337. The sarpanch is Ritlal Mahto, and the village votes in Gandey assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kalpana Murmu Soren. The population is estimated at 1,656 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Badki Sidhawara →
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
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.
Centred on Gomia mandal
Gas tanker catches fire on Bokaro bridge, traffic halted on NH-32 (via Daily Pioneer). Read the full story at the source.
3 Bokaro cops suspended for detaining injured man (via The Times of India). Read the full story at the source.
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