Duma observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Jharkhand.
Duma is a village in Fatehpur mandal, Jamtara district, Jharkhand, with a population of 558 in 134 households and a literacy rate of 57%. The village is located at coordinates 24.067°N, 86.926°E with PIN code 814166.
By population, Duma ranks #63 of 179 villages in Fatehpur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Duma is a village of 558 people in 134 households (Census 2011) in Fatehpur block, Jamtara district, Jharkhand, the 63rd-largest of 179 villages in Fatehpur block. Literacy is 57%, 2 points above the block average of 55% and the sex ratio is 892 women per 1,000 men. It lies 11 km from the Jamtara district centre, 39 km from Barra, the nearest town, 17 km from Jamtara railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 814166, served by Fatehpur (Jamtara) post office; the LGD village code is 373145. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dubey Clinic, 1 km away. The sarpanch is SHREEDAM MARANDI. The population is estimated at 658 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Bandarnacha →
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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