Budhason observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Jharkhand.
By population, Budhason ranks #19 of 212 villages in Meherma mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Budhason is a village of 2,118 people in 391 households (Census 2011) in Meherma block, Godda district, Jharkhand, the 19th-largest of 212 villages in Meherma block. Literacy is 60%, 15 points above the block average of 45% and the sex ratio is 891 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 814160, served by Meharma post office; the LGD village code is 355619. The sarpanch is Gayatri Devi, and the village votes in Litipara assembly constituency, represented by MLA Hemlal Murmu. The population is estimated at 2,497 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Bajitpur →
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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