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By population, Gajhanda ranks #58 of 192 villages in Thakurgangti mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Gajhanda is a village of 530 people in 90 households (Census 2011) in Thakurgangti block, Godda district, Jharkhand, the 58th-largest of 192 villages in Thakurgangti block. Literacy is 25%, 20 points below the block average, and the sex ratio is 785 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 814133, served by Godda post office; the LGD village code is 355911. The sarpanch is FOTO DEVI, and the village votes in Barhait assembly constituency, represented by Hemant Soren. The population is estimated at 625 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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