Arka observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Jharkhand.
By population, Arka ranks #14 of 107 villages in Tarhasi mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Arka is a village of 1,703 people in 353 households (Census 2011) in Tarhasi block, Palamu district, Jharkhand, the 14th-largest of 107 villages in Tarhasi block. Literacy is 53%, about the same as the block average of 53% and the sex ratio is 960 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 822118, served by Lesliganj post office; the LGD village code is 366163. The sarpanch is BABAN PRASAD, and the village votes in Gomia assembly constituency, represented by MLA Yogendra Prasad. The population is estimated at 2,008 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Arka →
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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