Paira observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Jharkhand.
Paira is a village in Barwadih mandal, Latehar district, Jharkhand, with a population of 659 across 119 households. The village has a literacy rate of 38.2% and is located at coordinates 23.048°N, 86.755°E.
By population, Paira ranks #45 of 82 villages in Barwadih mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Paira is a village of 659 people in 119 households (Census 2011) in Barwadih block, Latehar district, Jharkhand, the 45th-largest of 82 villages in Barwadih block. Literacy is 38%, 5 points below the block average of 43% and the sex ratio is 973 women per 1,000 men. It lies 121 km from the Latehar district centre, 37 km from Aguri Band Punisol, the nearest town, 36 km from Chhatna railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 829204, served by Chhipadohar post office; the LGD village code is 366947. The nearest hospital or health centre is Amjhuri Rural Hospital, 6 km away. The sarpanch is poonam devi, and the village votes in Mandu assembly constituency, represented by MLA Nirmal Mahto. The population is estimated at 1,926 in 2026, up 192% since the 2011 Census.
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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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