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By population, Gandak ranks #167 of 347 villages in Ramgarh mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Gandak is a village of 396 people in 89 households (Census 2011) in Ramgarh block, Dumka district, Jharkhand, the 167th-largest of 347 villages in Ramgarh block. Literacy is 56%, 10 points above the block average, and the sex ratio is 1,041 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 814119, served by Kurwa post office; the LGD village code is 370263. The sarpanch is RAMESH MOHALI, and the village votes in Sarath assembly constituency, represented by Uday Shankar Singh. The population is estimated at 467 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Tharihat →
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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