Murkhari observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Jharkhand.
By population, Murkhari ranks #23 of 308 villages in Jamua mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Murkhari is a village of 2,117 people in 300 households (Census 2011) in Jamua block, Giridih district, Jharkhand, the 23rd-largest of 308 villages in Jamua block. Literacy is 53%, 1 points above the block average of 52% and the sex ratio is 888 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 825412, served by Rajdhanwarf post office; the LGD village code is 351314. The sarpanch is Shakuntala Devi, and the village votes in Gandey assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kalpana Murmu Soren. The population is estimated at 2,496 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Tara →
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.
Centred on Jamua mandal
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