Semra observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Jharkhand.
Semra is a village in Chainpur mandal, Palamu district, Jharkhand, with a population of 4,154 across 792 households. The literacy rate is 43.5%. Located at 24.008°N, 83.995°E, it uses postal code 822110.
By population, Semra ranks #9 of 179 villages in Chainpur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Semra is a village of 4,154 people in 792 households (Census 2011) in Chainpur block, Palamu district, Jharkhand, the 9th-largest of 179 villages in Chainpur block. Literacy is 44%, 2 points below the block average of 46% and the sex ratio is 890 women per 1,000 men. It lies 215 km from the Palamu district centre, 31 km from Okhargara, the nearest town, 9 km from Daltonganj railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 822110, served by Raj Chainpur post office; the LGD village code is 366753. The nearest hospital or health centre is Navneet Jaiswal Lions Eye Hospital, 6 km away. The sarpanch is Basant Kumar, and the village votes in Mandu assembly constituency, represented by MLA Nirmal Mahto. The population is estimated at 4,898 in 2026, up 18% 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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