Swarm Attacks Claim 4 Lives In A Month In Jharkhand's Giridih Village; Wasp Species Yet To Be Confirmed
Reported by ETV Bharat.
Kheto observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Jharkhand.
By population, Kheto ranks #145 of 211 villages in Tisri mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kheto is a village of 135 people in 22 households (Census 2011) in Tisri block, Giridih district, Jharkhand, the 145th-largest of 211 villages in Tisri block. Literacy is 42%, 3 points below the block average of 44% and the sex ratio is 957 women per 1,000 men. It lies 69 km from the Giridih district centre, 20 km from Kawakol, the nearest town, 30 km from Dhanwar railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 815317, served by Tisri post office; the LGD village code is 350382. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dr. A.N.Ram General Hospital, 27 km away. The sarpanch is ROHITA DEVI. The population is estimated at 159 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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