Dagar observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Jharkhand.
Dagar is a village in Kandi mandal, Garhwa district, Jharkhand, with a population of 933 across 147 households. The village has a literacy rate of 58% and is located at 24.488°N, 83.721°E.
By population, Dagar ranks #40 of 101 villages in Kandi mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dagar is a village of 933 people in 147 households (Census 2011) in Kandi block, Garhwa district, Jharkhand, the 40th-largest of 101 villages in Kandi block. Literacy is 58%, 3 points above the block average of 55% and the sex ratio is 877 women per 1,000 men. It lies 161 km from the Garhwa district centre, 11 km from Nauhatta, the nearest town, 17 km from Muhammadganj railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 822120, served by Mohammad Ganj post office; the LGD village code is 347177. The nearest hospital or health centre is Sakshi Hospital, 17 km away. The sarpanch is ANUJ KUMAR SINGH, and the village votes in Simaria assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kumar Ujjwal. The population is estimated at 1,100 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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