Maghokalan observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Jharkhand.
By population, Maghokalan ranks #180 of 282 villages in Dhanwar mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Maghokalan is a village of 468 people in 80 households (Census 2011) in Dhanwar block, Giridih district, Jharkhand, the 180th-largest of 282 villages in Dhanwar block. Literacy is 44%, 9 points below the block average of 53% and the sex ratio is 934 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 825418, served by Domchanch Bazar post office; the LGD village code is 350964. The sarpanch is mohajid ansari, and the village votes in Madhupur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Hafizul Hassan. The population is estimated at 552 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Galwati →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maghokalan · this village | 468 | 44% | — |
| Galwati · Dhanwar | 1,596 | 46% | — |
| Khairidih · Dhanwar | 898 | 42% | — |
| Magho Khurd · Dhanwar | 887 | 45% | — |
| Kargalikalan · Dhanwar | 736 | 68% | — |
| Basgi · Dhanwar | 711 | 57% | — |
| Sonbad · Dhanwar | 291 | 51% | — |
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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