Pratappur observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Jharkhand.
Pratappur is a village in Ranishwar mandal, Dumka district, Jharkhand, with a population of 384 across 95 households. The literacy rate is 54.2%, and the village is positioned at coordinates 24.297°N, 84.635°E with postal code 814148.
By population, Pratappur ranks #85 of 217 villages in Ranishwar mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pratappur is a village of 384 people in 95 households (Census 2011) in Ranishwar block, Dumka district, Jharkhand, the 85th-largest of 217 villages in Ranishwar block. Literacy is 54%, 3 points above the block average of 51% and the sex ratio is 920 women per 1,000 men. It lies 244 km from the Dumka district centre, 45 km from Deo, the nearest town, 54 km from Shivpur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 814148, served by Raghunathpur (Dumka) post office; the LGD village code is 371182. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital,Pratabpura, <1 km away. The sarpanch is ANITA MURMU, and the village votes in Nala assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rabindra Nath Mahato. The population is estimated at 453 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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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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