Nawadih observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Jharkhand.
Nawadih is a village in Peterwar mandal, Bokaro district, Jharkhand, with a population of 2,194 spread across 469 households. The village has a literacy rate of 36.6% and is located at 23.859°N, 86.045°E with PIN code 829121.
By population, Nawadih ranks #16 of 61 villages in Peterwar mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Nawadih is a village of 2,194 people in 469 households (Census 2011) in Peterwar block, Bokaro district, Jharkhand, the 16th-largest of 61 villages in Peterwar block. Literacy is 37%, 15 points below the block average of 52% and the sex ratio is 945 women per 1,000 men. It lies 34 km from the Bokaro district centre, 20 km from Kharki, the nearest town, 9 km from Bholldih railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 829121, served by Peterbar post office; the LGD village code is 362472. The nearest hospital or health centre is Nawadih Hospital, 3 km away. The sarpanch is Anita Soren, and the village votes in Tundi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Mathura Prasad Mahato. The population is estimated at 2,587 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Angwali South →
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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