Behra observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Jharkhand.
Behra is a small village in Taljhari mandal, Sahebganj district, Jharkhand, with a population of 161 across 35 households. The literacy rate is 31.7%, and it carries PIN code 816129, located at 25.172°N, 87.716°E.
By population, Behra ranks #100 of 273 villages in Taljhari mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Behra is a village of 161 people in 35 households (Census 2011) in Taljhari block, Sahebganj district, Jharkhand, the 100th-largest of 273 villages in Taljhari block. Literacy is 32%, 7 points below the block average of 39% and the sex ratio is 731 women per 1,000 men. It lies 22 km from the Sahebganj district centre, 2 km from Hardi, the nearest town, 4 km from Karanpurato railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 816129, served by Taljhari post office; the LGD village code is 358840. The nearest hospital or health centre is PHC, Banjhi, 7 km away. The sarpanch is PUTUL DEVI. The population is estimated at 190 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Karanpura →
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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