Pathara observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Jharkhand.
Pathara is a village in Saraiyahat mandal, Dumka district, Jharkhand, with a population of 1,214 distributed across 298 households. The literacy rate is 41.4%. Situated at coordinates 25.013°N, 87.566°E, it is one of the larger settlements in the area.
By population, Pathara ranks #26 of 352 villages in Saraiyahat mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pathara is a village of 1,214 people in 298 households (Census 2011) in Saraiyahat block, Dumka district, Jharkhand, the 26th-largest of 352 villages in Saraiyahat block. Literacy is 41%, 7 points below the block average of 48% and the sex ratio is 1,007 women per 1,000 men. It lies 94 km from the Dumka district centre, 2 km from Majhua, the nearest town, 18 km from Kalian Chak railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 814145, served by Nonihat post office; the LGD village code is 369421. The nearest hospital or health centre is CHC, Borio, 3 km away. The sarpanch is SONAMUNI BASKI, and the village votes in Jarmundi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Devendra Kunwar. The population is estimated at 1,723 in 2026, up 42% 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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