Loa observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Jharkhand.
Temples near Loa
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Loa is a village in Rania mandal, Khunti district, Jharkhand, with a population of 664 across 134 households. The village has a literacy rate of 41.1% and is situated at coordinates 23.341°N, 87.574°E.
By population, Loa ranks #21 of 67 villages in Rania mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Loa is a village of 664 people in 134 households (Census 2011) in Rania block, Khunti district, Jharkhand, the 21st-largest of 67 villages in Rania block. Literacy is 41%, 14 points below the block average of 55% and the sex ratio is 1,156 women per 1,000 men. It lies 186 km from the Khunti district centre, 10 km from Mankar, the nearest town, 7 km from Paraj railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 835210, served by Khunti post office; the LGD village code is 375001. The nearest hospital or health centre is Mankar Rural Hospital, 10 km away. The sarpanch is REMISH KANDULNA. The population is estimated at 4,689 in 2026, up 606% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Dahu →
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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