Bhitra observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Jharkhand.
By population, Bhitra ranks #104 of 217 villages in Ranishwar mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bhitra is a village of 327 people in 64 households (Census 2011) in Ranishwar block, Dumka district, Jharkhand, the 104th-largest of 217 villages in Ranishwar block. Literacy is 50%, about the same as the block average of 51% and the sex ratio is 901 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 814148, served by Raghunathpur (Dumka) post office; the LGD village code is 371272. The sarpanch is KIRAN DEVI, and the village votes in Nala assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rabindra Nath Mahato. The population is estimated at 386 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Brindabani →
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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