Baghmara observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Jharkhand.
Baghmara is a village in Jamua mandal, Giridih district, Jharkhand. It has a population of 1,412 across 206 households with a literacy rate of 44.5%.
By population, Baghmara ranks #45 of 308 villages in Jamua mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Baghmara is a village of 1,412 people in 206 households (Census 2011) in Jamua block, Giridih district, Jharkhand, the 45th-largest of 308 villages in Jamua block. Literacy is 45%, 7 points below the block average of 52% and the sex ratio is 913 women per 1,000 men. It lies 130 km from the Giridih district centre, 15 km from Majhua, the nearest town, 26 km from Tinpahar Junction railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 815318, served by Jamua (Giridh) post office; the LGD village code is 351264. The nearest hospital or health centre is Primary Health Centre, 3 km away. The sarpanch is Loknath hazra, and the village votes in Gandey assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kalpana Murmu Soren. The population is estimated at 1,665 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Dharmpur →
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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