Balkani observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Jharkhand.
By population, Balkani ranks #129 of 415 villages in Boarijor mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Balkani is a village of 299 people in 72 households (Census 2011) in Boarijor block, Godda district, Jharkhand, the 129th-largest of 415 villages in Boarijor block. Literacy is 25%, 12 points below the block average of 37% and the sex ratio is 1,136 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 814155, served by Basantrai post office; the LGD village code is 356423. The sarpanch is DURGA HANSDA, and the village votes in Poreyahat assembly constituency, represented by MLA Pradeep Yadav. The population is estimated at 353 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Dumaria →
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.
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