Pakha observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Jharkhand.
Temples near Pakha
Named places of worship on record
The principal temple recorded for Chhatarpur mandal is Kali Badi Temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Pakha itself.
The idol is kept for one and a half, three, five, seven days or until Anant Chaturdashi — it is a family custom rather than a rule, and community mandapams usually keep it longest.
| Kept for | Immersion | |
|---|---|---|
| One and a half days | Tue, 15 Septembertoday | |
| Three days | Thu, 17 September | |
| Five days | Sat, 19 September | |
| Seven days | Mon, 21 September | |
| Anant Chaturdashi | Wed, 23 September | The day most community mandapams immerse |
Many gram panchayats and municipalities set aside a pond or a marked stretch of tank for immersion. Ask at the panchayat office — it changes year to year, and a drinking-water tank or a farm pond is not an alternative.
A clay idol breaks down in water within hours. Plaster of Paris does not, and the paints carry heavy metals, so idols accumulate in tanks and rivers after immersion. Pollution control boards in most states now ask for clay for exactly this reason.
Immersion points get crowded and the bank is slippery after the monsoon. Children go into the water at these gatherings every year. Keep one person watching the water rather than the procession.
Thermocol, plastic sheeting, cloth and metal ornaments do not belong in the tank even when the idol itself is clay. Most organised immersion points now have a collection bin at the bank for them.
By population, Pakha ranks #123 of 142 villages in Chhatarpur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pakha is a village of 54 people in 10 households (Census 2011) in Chhatarpur block, Palamu district, Jharkhand, the 123rd-largest of 142 villages in Chhatarpur block. Literacy is 63%, 17 points above the block average of 46% and the sex ratio is 929 women per 1,000 men. It lies 185 km from the Palamu district centre, 6 km from Kaytha, the nearest town, 8 km from Takipur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 822113, served by Chhatarpur post office; the LGD village code is 365457. The nearest hospital or health centre is Bhadrapur Hospital, 5 km away. The sarpanch is Harendra Kumar Singh, and the village votes in Gandey assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kalpana Murmu Soren. The population is estimated at 1,707 in 2026, up 3061% since the 2011 Census.
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| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakha · this village | 54 | 63% | — |
| Pakha · Nalhati - I | 1,343 | 63% | 0 km N |
| Gopagram · Nalhati - I | 1,593 | 66% | 1.4 km E |
| Chhota Kanaipur · Rampurhat - II | 2,262 | 60% | 1.7 km W |
| Sarddha · Nalhati - I | 2,627 | 69% | 1.8 km NW |
| Bara Chauki · Rampurhat - II | 627 | 59% | 2 km S |
| Bujunga · Nalhati - I | 7,198 | 65% | 2.5 km N |
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.
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
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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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