Dodang observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Jharkhand.
By population, Dodang ranks #63 of 119 villages in Ghaghra mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dodang is a village of 667 people in 128 households (Census 2011) in Ghaghra block, Gumla district, Jharkhand, the 63rd-largest of 119 villages in Ghaghra block. Literacy is 50%, 5 points above the block average of 45% and the sex ratio is 917 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 835207, served by Gumla Bazar post office; the LGD village code is 375578. The sarpanch is Binod Oraon, and the village votes in Mandu assembly constituency, represented by MLA Nirmal Mahto. The population is estimated at 786 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Shivrajpur →
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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