Pantha observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Jharkhand.
Temples near Pantha
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Pantha is a village in Basia mandal, Gumla district, Jharkhand, with a population of 1,268 across 257 households. The village has a literacy rate of 59.9% and is located at coordinates 23.176°N, 87.187°E, with postal code 835207.
By population, Pantha ranks #20 of 88 villages in Basia mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pantha is a village of 1,268 people in 257 households (Census 2011) in Basia block, Gumla district, Jharkhand, the 20th-largest of 88 villages in Basia block. Literacy is 60%, 3 points above the block average of 57% and the sex ratio is 1,062 women per 1,000 men. It lies 136 km from the Gumla district centre, 9 km from Aguri Band Punisol, the nearest town, 6 km from Bheduasol railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 835207, served by Gumla Bazar post office; the LGD village code is 375915. The nearest hospital or health centre is Jeevan Suraksha Hospital, 12 km away. The sarpanch is SETENG HEMROM, and the village votes in Tamar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Vikas Kumar Munda. The population is estimated at 243 in 2026, down 81% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Pantha →
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.
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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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