Palmo observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Jharkhand.
Palmo is a small village in Gawan mandal, Giridih district, Jharkhand. It has a population of 78 across 12 households with a literacy rate of 43.6%.
By population, Palmo ranks #125 of 160 villages in Gawan mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Palmo is a village of 78 people in 12 households (Census 2011) in Gawan block, Giridih district, Jharkhand, the 125th-largest of 160 villages in Gawan block. Literacy is 44%, 5 points below the block average of 49% and the sex ratio is 814 women per 1,000 men. It lies 43 km from the Giridih district centre, 24 km from Jamua, the nearest town, 2 km from Duriatanr Halt railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 815313, served by Ganwan post office; the LGD village code is 350288. The nearest hospital or health centre is Sadar Hospital, Jamua, 9 km away. The sarpanch is ARTI DEVI, and the village votes in Jamua assembly constituency, represented by MLA Manju Kumari. The population is estimated at 92 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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