Asko observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Jharkhand.
Asko is a village in Deori mandal, Giridih district, Jharkhand, with a population of 2,402 across 363 households. The village has a literacy rate of 55.5% and is located at coordinates 24.477°N, 86.188°E with PIN code 815314.
By population, Asko ranks #11 of 303 villages in Deori mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Asko is a village of 2,402 people in 363 households (Census 2011) in Deori block, Giridih district, Jharkhand, the 11th-largest of 303 villages in Deori block. Literacy is 56%, 4 points above the block average of 51% and the sex ratio is 958 women per 1,000 men. It lies 38 km from the Giridih district centre, 23 km from Chakai, the nearest town, 12 km from Duriatanr Halt railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 815314, served by Kharagdiha post office; the LGD village code is 350733. The nearest hospital or health centre is Sadar Hospital, Jamua, 13 km away. The sarpanch is LAXMI DEVI, and the village votes in Madhupur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Hafizul Hassan. The population is estimated at 2,832 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Asako →
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
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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