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By population, Palra ranks #87 of 308 villages in Jamua mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Palra is a village of 988 people in 149 households (Census 2011) in Jamua block, Giridih district, Jharkhand, the 87th-largest of 308 villages in Jamua block. Literacy is 51%, about the same as the block average, and the sex ratio is 933 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 815318, served by Jamua (Giridh) post office; the LGD village code is 351328. The sarpanch is Asha Devi, and the village votes in Gandey assembly constituency, represented by Kalpana Murmu Soren. The population is estimated at 1,165 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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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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